So harsh on Alvarez, I mean they had to use sensors to pick it up and clearly it was a slip, watched the replay and can't see a second touch.
Make him retake it if you really want to be anal but crossing off his penalty was harsh. We'd be fucking fuming if that happened to us.
JazzG if we thought PGMOL was bad wait till you see ref’s for Real in the CL.
Qwiss "Coffee is for inverters"
Man, VAR is just hilarious. I can't see much of that double tap even in slow motion.
daredevil If you're going to try this shit on, you need visualisations as compelling as the tennis or cricket's snickometer. Can't even see this one on the replay, we're talking about a decision a match referee would never have made.
Three years later still true, other managers probably tearing their hair out over fine details and Carlo gives a few major pointers and is like fuck it they'll figure out the fine details themselves.
Claudius Yeah, but which came first, the cigars or the managerial success? It's a bit like Ancelotti's chilled his way out to the top. Never really saw what he was like before he managed in England ...
Villa versus PSG, that's a huge deal for a certain former Arsenal manager. Emery is full of vengeful game-raising efforts ...
Burnwinter Yeah, but which came first, the cigars or the managerial success? It's a bit like Ancelotti's chilled his way out to the top. Never really saw what he was like before he managed in England ...
Eh I'm sure you've lived through his past iterations?
There was a time when he did give a fuck.
That penalty decision is just unfathomable. Can't be seen on the replay, in fact there looks like daylight between the left foot and the ball. How does VAR take half an hour to decide everything else but makes that call in 5 seconds? Maybe I'm too cynical but do we really think that decision would have happened the other way? In the unlikely event our tie is close they'll find some way to fuck us.
invisibleman18 they followed what the tech told them.
If you think it would have been given the other way too then fair play.
Anyway, looking forward to it. They are at least a club we've knocked out in living memory instead of having to play Bayern again like every other time we get this far. We were possibly even bigger underdogs that time too, although when you had Henry there was always a chance. They were also the opposition for my first (and only) game at Highbury - Lee Dixon's testimonial in 1999. Have we ever played them in a real game in other time?
I hate Madrid as much as the next man with a brain and heart but that clearly has to be chalked off? He was going for the left corner, ball ended up in the roof of the net - no way that can happen without him shooting himself in the foot.
It's a good thing we play them anyway, we've historically been atrocious in Europe and the only way we can overcome that is by getting a big scalp. Not ideal we face them with no strikers, in awful form but having a haramball aficionado coach might actually work out in our favour for once
jones going into march / April with no league or FA cup to play for, it will be great to have the marquee tie of the champions league so far. I’m hyped for this.
Plus I believe we are a better match for Real Madrid. They have so many defensive injuries and issues, and they are protagonists, so we won’t be stuck facing ten men packed in the penalty box
I feel like it should have been a retake similar to how it is if the keeper saves and is off the line rather than it being a goal awarded instead. Probably a call we'll never see again like some of the red cards we've had this season.
RocktheCasbah “your job is to help us. Not to fuck us up!” I use it with our HR regularly
invisibleman18 happened a couple times in the Bundesliga in recent years and was chalked off each time, it's really not a new rule.
