DON’T TAKE A TUMBLE

THE referees will be briefed by Pierluigi Collina before the tournament and among the items in their notes will be diving and holding in the box. Rarely a game passed in the Premier League this season when there wasn’t a holding incident. A couple of decisions went against my team and you think as a manager: ‘That was never a penalty.’ But, on reflection, the referees were probably right. There will be further contentious decisions in France and I expect the officials to be harder on diving than holding. You may also see more yellow cards for the player trying to go down, than penalties awarded.