I'm not sure what he was supposed to do other than what he did. FIFA rules are clear - time is up when time is up. The ball was en route when time was up. So time was up. End of. His only option was to ignore the time rule, allow another second, award the goal then blow for time. Ie not referee the rules. Which surely wasn't am option - how long should he have waited... 1 second, 5 seconds? A minute?
Referee is sole judge of time. We have that leeway to use common sense. Rugby game and it is hammering it down, the score is 35-3 bonus points are sorted. There is a knock on with 2 seconds on the refs watch. Do you: Have the scrum as the law requires or do you saythat's time guys? Let's be sticklers for the laws. We have a scrum and a prop breaks his neck. Well at least we stuck to the laws..
He does have discretion though
I think that's a bit odd, follow that thought process through and you'd never let a game start
Was there a 4th official at that time?
No Just the referee's wrist watch.
it was an odd moment to look down and check his watch ....
However it's done...
Well I don't know if Football has a "sole Judge" clause. But he could easily have used common sense and waited half a second. But CT was too small a man not to make it all about him.
Well we are talking 1970 and it's already been advised here that there was no 4th official back then, just CT and his watch. Who else would be the judge of time?
Fair enough in that case. Though while not following football for decades now, I haven't heard of this ( agreed, sensible) caveat. I suppose it rather beggars the query of whether there is a definition of " offensive play" ?
