MANCHESTER, England - style corners WWE taken GM abuse, insults: Sometimes the beautiful game can take on an ugly side.
This season, at least in these first weeks of the English Premier League referee take position.
The start of the new English football season was marked with no-nonsense - some would say overzealous - officiant received dreaded proponents to assess its businesses and the Front lick taken only his lips about the opportunities that comes their way.
A referee awarded two penalties in the same game to push and after a corner in the box. Another yellow card for a player applaud ironically a decision. Diego Costa, the attacker usually angry Chelsea, which was reserved for the aggressive approach of an arbitrator. After two rounds of sanctions Accessories Seven were has already been allocated, compared to three last season the same level.
It is customary for referees markers laid early in the season or the beginning of a major international tournament. Soon reverse occurred.
It remains to be seen whether this will be the case this season.
"Okay, albeit only supported from now until the end of the season," said Stoke manager Mark Hughes. "As a rule, it is not."
Stoke was one of the teams to suffer from strong officiate. The team was delayed at Manchester City defender Ryan Shawcross Saturday when an opponent had to be removed in a corner and conceded a penalty, converted by Sergio Aguero. In the second half, the city awarded a penalty after Raheem Sterling Shawcross in a corner hindered when I was not even looking at the ball.
After the game, both managers agreed that there was a network of referees to act on the catch and pull the shirt. And the players are starting to take note.
"He was the condemnation of the use of hands awarded" Shawcross, a physical center and back, said uncompromisingly. "It is something that I will fit and hopefully have to look in the right way, so do not give more sanctions."
City defender John Stones also said that he and his teammates would have to adapt to the new policy. However, there were also protests, things have taken to.
"If you are penalties are then given two or three a game and will be a farce," said Stoke striker Peter Crouch.
"We were told that more sanctions this year would, so we can not say that we have given no warning. Although, if you look at it in the cold light of day, it is difficult to accept."
But to fight in the corners was not one of the questions of the Premier League has been put in the new season openly addressed. The most popular league in the world was more concerned about the damage that abuse of match officials was in his image.
To this end, the staff of the League for tougher measures against dissent, offensive language and gestures, body contact referees, officials and misconduct by the technical directors.
"Look, to set us humans an example to the world", Richard Scudamore, Premier League chairman, said in the offseason.
This is exactly what happened.
Bournemouth Harry Arter midfielder picked up the first of his two yellow cards against West Ham on Sunday dissent in respect of an assistant referee, and was later criticized by his manager.
"We were told on dissent - that was drilled into us," the director of the Bournemouth Eddie Howe said. "If we lose our discipline, we could have a flood of red cards."
the administrators of the Premier League have held briefings of the season with the referees and the football authorities in the desired improvements in the behavior of the players.
"We explained everything again" Middlesbrough coach Aitor Karanka said on Tuesday. "Be careful, they are the rules."
Some players do not seem to get the message, but.
Costa had 23 yellow cards and one red - to approach a referee in anger - through his first two seasons at Chelsea. It was reserved for their first two league games this year, the first for the disagreement of an arbitrator.
When asked if he knew about the new law against dissent, Costa ESPN said: "I'm aware of."
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