2017-18 Champions League
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Real Madrid picked up the pace after halftime, with Lucas and Asensio adding more to the team's performance than Bale and Casemiro.
Have always thought that rather unfair .. still .. a Juve goal and Real is done for.
Normally I'd agree but at this stage of the tournament its a random draw to see who plays the second leg at home, and you could make the argument that its not fair one team gets the extra 30 minutes at home.
It feels so, so, so wrong to be looking at Juventus as plucky underdogs getting a raw deal from the ref.
I'm actually alright with the penalty call. I hate the red but without knowing what happened I can't know for sure.
All that being said, I hate that Juventus lost.
All that being said, I hate that Juventus lost.
His 90 minutes prior shouldn't really matter.
If Betts goes 0-5 in game 7 of ALCS with 5 Ks then homers in bottom of 12th to win, I'd expect a celebration too.
Why didn't Juve use any of their substitutions during regular time? Was the manager saving his changes for extra time? I'm trying to understand the tactical approach.
They substituted Lichtsteiner for De Sciglio in the first and it led pretty quickly to a goal. I don’t think Allegri wanted to keep his two subs until extra time or if the tie was broken. I would have liked to see Cuadrado earlier though.
That's a clear penalty. Even at midfield, that's a foul. But the straight red for Buffon was too much. A yellow would have done the job.
I'm not so sure .. the defender touches the Real player in the back with his right hand. it's not even clear it's a shove. The instant the Real player feels the contact he collapses.
It might be a foul at midfield but there's all kind of stuff that gets called a foul at midfield that is not called a penalty kick, especially in the last seconds of an even match. And the red card was the cherry on the sundae.
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Garbage call. Contact is minimal. The defender is allowed to get around the player and contact isn't illegal. No evidence he shoved him over.
Maybe at midfield 30 min into a match? Sure you can call it if you need to lock the game down. End of game for a PK? Laughable
Maybe at midfield 30 min into a match? Sure you can call it if you need to lock the game down. End of game for a PK? Laughable
I don’t understand this thinking. The expectation should be that refs call a consistent game within the rules. 30th minute or 2nd half stoppage time really doesn’t matter. If it’s foul, the ref needs to call it.
I wish I could see whether or not there was a clear push from behind.
I loathe Real Madrid and Ronaldo, but I think that was a penalty.
I loathe Real Madrid and Ronaldo, but I think that was a penalty.
Yeah, the whole "it would be a foul elsewhere on the pitch" is a silly argument that has been debunked a zillion times yet seems to always rear its head. Just as the strike zone doesn't really extend to the armpits, so have the standards for calling penalties always been different from the standards for blowing the whistle in midfield.
I think this decision was pretty borderline. It was a foul, but was it enough of a foul to award a penalty? If the exact same contact happened in the middle of a congested corner kick, I doubt it gets called.
if anything, the penalty was the studs-up cleat to the midsection as the defender's leg came around the front in a last-ditch effort to get the ball. I don't think it was dirty but he kicked the guy.
The "shove" looked way more like a flop, that I'll give.
The "shove" looked way more like a flop, that I'll give.