Did The FA Agree With Scolari Over Decisions?

So the FA do have some commonsense it seems because they’ve decided not to go overboard about Scolari questioning the linesman after Sunday’s game.

 

You see, what Scolari said was “Chelsea and the referee (were responsible for the defeat) because Arsenal scored the first goal one meter in front of our players and in the first half the same linesman gave (Salomon) Kalou offside when it was not.” All perfectly true, so I’m not sure why the press were wetting themselves at the prospect of Scolari getting his knuckles rapped.

 

Scolari, who hasn’t had a word to say about officials so far this season, also added, “It is important to speak to the people about this because if we play and the referee gives two things against my team sometimes it is difficult to win. Ok, I make mistakes but we needed a man to come to Stamford Bridge as a referee for both sides, not for one side.” Again, all fact, and I’m sure after watching the replays the FA couldn’t really argue with what he’d said.

 

Still, I’ve no doubt the hacks will be disappointed to learn that the FA won’t be taking any action against the Chelsea boss, with a spokesman confirming “We have studied the remarks of Luiz Felipe Scolari and will not be taking any further action.”