Something that bothers me in today's professional football, unreasonably so:
Foul throws.
I've seen so many in the World Cup alone...it annoys me to no end.
Sometimes I wonder if I was a good ref. I'd go to each team before a match and tell them:
diving (in any form, be it falling without contact or crying on the ground) = yellow card
grabbing the ball after being fouled (even it it is a foul) = yellow card
demanding a yellow card for another player = yellow card (for you )
raising your voice after I've told you to be quiet = yellow card
any kind of insulting gesture = red card
All of this from the very first second. I guess that would result in aborted matches left and right
I do wish that refs would set a precedent, though.
Aaaaanyways...Russia is back, baby