Quote Originally Posted by early_to_the_match View Post
Hopefully the big lesson is to not presume someone has been hit just because they fell to the ground.
You see reds get given at a professional level for this, and while it is all very well to watch the video and rewind and watch it again, the refs don't get this opportunity to do it before making a decision. Had the player not run half a field then there probably wouldn't have been a red card.