A tale of two (soft) penalties

Mr. Balaj

Generally, there should have been an easy match for the ref. and except one incident - a flare-up close to the half-time whistle, 45'+2', which was resolved sensibly with yellow to both players - it was just that. When Shechter (israel) substituted a tem-mate (65') he complicated matters for the ref., being aq notorious diver. He then received two free-kicks instead of letting Israel play the advantage (probably because the way Shechter tumbles to the ground when he is fouled makes the ref. think he might be hurt, and he decides to stop the game "just in case"). The third fall was inside the Andoran penalty-box (90'+5'), as if the Andoran goalie fouled him from behind (after a terrible miss in front of the goal). Balaj fell for it, awarded a penalty-kick, which was the last ball-kick of the match. Much earlier the referee (or perhaps hiss aar, Popa) awarded a penalty-kick to Andora after 14 minutes of play. In this case, probably for pushing from behind. It seemed to be the aar's decision as initially play went on till Andora missed a goal, only then the ref. indicated the decision (I'm yet not sure if Balaj tried to let advantage play, or just decided after hearing from his aar).