[sherer]

the thing is the defender didn't make any contact with the attacker at all. The contact was from the attacker to the defender which is different. At best that would be obstruction, which I believe inside the box would still be a indirect free kick and not a penalty.

It is this sort of decision that leads to all the cheating going on instead of just getting on with playing football.

A generation of people is growing up listening to ex pros saying this and that are fouls and penalties when they know full well the players are cheating, exaggerating contact, or just falling over a defender.