- Oct 2, 2004
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Yes.
Then I suspect the blokes on Sky's interpretation of the laws is fairly dodgy.
If you commit a penalty offence on someone whilst they're in the air, and they land dangerously (i.e. on head/neck) then it's a red card.
You can argue about whether that rule is right, you can argue about whether it was a penalty offence by the Argentinian, but if the commentators were arguing that it wass a penalty then I'm not quite sure, by the letter of the law, what their justification is for it not being a red.
But I'm with @mpickard2087 on this one. If Barnes says one thing, I'd normally believe the other thing is true.