Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo asks why VAR can't overturn second yellow cards after Willy Boly's contentious dismissal
Nottm Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo on Wily Boly's red card: «It's a frustration of knowing the approach of the referees is a bad one, and the law says because it's two yellows you can't reverse the decision. That's something they have to look at, because it doesn't make sense.»
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New Nottingham Forest head coach Nuno Espirito Santo said VAR should be allowed to intervene on second yellow cards after Willy Boly's contentious dismissal against Bournemouth.
Boly was left incensed when he was dismissed 23 minutes into Nuno's first game in charge by Rob Jones for what appeared a clean challenge on Bournemouth's Adam Smith.
He caught the defender with his follow through after winning the ball, with his foot on the ground and facing down — but was still shown a yellow card for a challenge which arguably was not a foul at all, and was deemed «very unlucky» by former Premier League referee Mike Dean on Soccer Saturday.
Forest fought gallantly despite their numerical disadvantage and were seconds away from earning a point until Dominic Solanke popped up in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
They were instead left to wonder what might of been, and Nuno to ask why VAR is not allowed to overturn second bookable offences as well as straight reds.
«It's a frustration of knowing the approach of the referees is a bad one, and the law says because it's two yellows you can't reverse the decision,» he said. «That's something they have to look at, because it doesn't make sense.
»First of all, it's the approach of the referee, that's bad. Boly's first yellow is fair, but it's then a follow-through with the
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