Controversy after OFC complaint! (30/07/22, Monsoon Magic SG Tourney)
The story which cost The Consistent's the Championship!
The images above will explain everything! (The images are from the last match between Consistent's FC and Lightning Unicorns).
Image 1 - You can see a very alert and focused Ref's Assistant in red, Mr. Sanghvi, do four jobs at once. The 1st one is to look for offsides, the 2nd one is to check if he has dandruff, the 3rd one is to see if he's balding and the 4th one is wondering if he remembered to brush his teeth in the morning.
Image 2 - The play progresses. M. Inamdar lays the ball inside to Karanth, Kanekar in the green bib closest to Inamdar decided to perform a quick dance step he learnt the day before yesterday at dance practice. Ghotge, the other defender covering the goal, seems to be admiring Kanekar's dance step. M Inamdar meanwhile is still clearly at least 4 yards onside.
Image 3 - Sanghvi thinks, 'hahtichamari! Me sandwiches anlet ka?' Ghotge is still thinking of Kanekar's dance step. The smile on his face reveals everything!
Image 4 - Karanth appreciates the ball passed to him and prepares to lay off a pass back to M. Inamdar. Bhorde meanwhile, if you've been observing the earlier images, is feeling like a 'kabab mein haddi'. Ghotge plans to email Kanekar to ask him about his dance class and if he could join as well.
Image 5 - Karanth plays the pass to M. Inamdar. Both Ghotge and Pai wonder if Kanekar is going to try another dance step. Bhorde thinks maybe he can slowly slip away for he doesn't like being a 'kabab mein haddi'.
Image 6 - Proof that M. Inamdar isn't offside.
Image 7 - Sanghvi, now out of the picture, lifts the hand holding up his bib, which is also the RA's flag, to wave a fly away. Kanekar prepares to attempt dance step No. 2.
Ghotge and Pai look on in awe! Bhorde thinks that if he remains still, no-one will see him.
Image 8 (Not included) - Now that the fly has flown away, Sanghvi puts the bib down, only to observe from the 'perfect' angle (according to him) he's standing in, that M. Inamdar is offside. He therefore, lifts the bib/flag again and as the game moves on he puts it down after hearing the ref say play on.
Image 9 (Not included) - Goal! Bhorde suddenly realizes that he's loved! M. Inamdar passes it to him to score! Dharmadhikari an OFC player protests! 'Neel Sir', he yells, 'what happening is? Ahjoo (Sanghvi) wavings flags is! Offside is being!' The referee then tells the OFC players that he'll check with the RA after the match and do the needful as play has moved well past the incident.
After the final whistle, The Consistents were ahead on points difference and had won the Championship. But after the ref had a word with Sanghvi the RA, at Sanghvi's insistence, the goal (3 points) was cancelled for offside and one point was awarded to OFC for catching offside.
Shocking right? But everyone took everything in the right spirit! As it's always done at KFANDRA!
