Referee boss surprised

Captain’s rule has arrived in the Ländle lower house

Four rounds have been played in the Vorarlberg amateur leagues. The Eliteliga, Vorarlbergliga, Landesliga and Landesklassen one to three have played a total of 168 matches. That's enough to take a look at the acceptance of the captain's rule introduced at the start of the season.

Since then, only the captains have been allowed to speak to the referee. In the games cited, there were 122 yellow cards for criticism, or just 0.73 per game. "I actually thought there would be more," says referee boss Robert Schörgenhofer. He also knows why things are going so well: "The European Championship has helped us. All the players have seen how the new rules work in many matches and are now sticking to the rules very well."

In the 168 matches, there were only two games in which more than three yellow cards had to be shown for criticism. There were six such cautions in the Elite League clash between Rankweil and Göfis and five in the Walgau derby between Satteins and Thüringen. "There will always be outliers," says Schörgenhofer, not worried by this. One thing is clear: discipline on the soccer pitches has improved significantly. Elred Faisst