playing in a game recently. referee didn't show so one of the opposition's subs is reffing the game.

opposition have the ball attacking my goal.i'm readying myself to try and save the shot.

attacker runs parallel to the goal outside the box. one of the defenders is dragging at him, but he still has the ball and is still winding up for the shot, so it seems advantage is being played. after another tug his touch goes and another defender clears the ball.

The attacker just lashes out in frustration and kicks the nearest opponent to him.
it wasn't even the guy who'd been dragging him back.

so i'm guessing Free kick to the defence and a straight red for the violent conduct. how do you explain away the first foul being commited on the attacker to the opposition who've lost out on a chance
and now a man?

I like to see advantage being played in any game but the golden rule is that not at the expense of the referees control. As you know you can bring back an advantage if the player concered has not benefited and in the case you have detailked this would have been the case, I feel that if the appointed referee had attended he would have brough the game back before the player kicked out.

The point here is you need to have a feel for the game so that if you play advantage you do not forsake the overall control