It is rare to give an advanatge on a DOGSO or even on any red-card sitution. But it happens. Below is a clip of a DOGSO situation where the referee gives an advantage and a goal is scored soon after. This was a great decision by the referee.
Just remember that because an advantage was given, the referee needs to give a caution before the kickoff.
If you suspect a serious injury, just stop the game. You may also consider the location of the injury. If you have an injured player lying motionless on the ground in front of the goal, you have even more reasons to stop the game right away.
In the video below, you will see two players from the same team ending up on the ground for suspected head injuries. They are in front of the goal inside the penalty area. If the attack continues, it will be very dangerous. These injured players are on the ground and they could easily be stepped on, etc. causing additional injuries. If the ball possession changes and the defending team becomes the attacking team, you are allowing them to take advantage of suspected serious injuries in order to create a numerical advantage.
This means beyond the fact that we need to attend to serious injuries, there is nothing to be gained by the referee crew by allowing the play to continue.
Who makes an offside decision? Is it the AR? Or is it the Referee? Or is it both?
The AR is the one that raises their flag so you may think offside is on ARs. You may have also heard a pre-game discussion in which the referee says, "Leave PK decisions to me and I will leave offside decisions to you."
But in order to get any decision correctly, we need good teamwork. Below, you will see a video in which a defender clearly kicks the ball to an attacker who is in an offside position. It is not impossible for the AR to see it but it is still quite difficult because the AR is paying attention to the offside line and the last play is far from him. Furthermore, there was also an attacking teammate near the ball. But the referee had a good view of the entire sequence. Therefore, the referee is expected to know who played the ball last.
If the crew have comms, the referee needs to annouce to their AR that the ball was last played by the defender so that the AR would not raise their flag. If they don't have comms, it is completely understandable that the AR raises their flag but the referee is expected to wave them down.
When you have both an injury and misconduct happen at the same time, which do you take care of first? If you take care of the injury first, you may allow mass confrontation to happen. But if you take care of the midconduct happen, you are leaving the injured player unattended.
What is the best course of action? Watch the video below to review some of the considerations to decide your priority.
When a team has low pressure tactics, they allow the opposing team defenders and midfielders to possess the ball and pass it around. When a team has high pressure tactics, they try to retrieve the ball even near the attacking third. Depending on these tactics, referees need to adjust their positioning.
With low pressure tactics, referees can observe the ball being passed around from a distance. The likelihood of the ball possession being turned over is low. But if a team has high pressure tactics, there is always a chance that the possession changes, and there will be an immediate goal opportunity.
Watch the video clip below. This is an example of a high pressure tactic team that successfully retrieved the ball inside the opponent's penalty area. Unfortunately, the referee did not adjust their positioning. So you will see the referee over 33 meters away when a challenge happened, leading them to give an incorrect free kick and cancel a good goal.
