That's a penalty by the letter of the law, but hundreds of those go by every week without the referee intervening. A bit infuriating that he's intervened here, just for the good of the game. There's literally nothing exciting about seeing a penalty. Especially one as innocuous as that.
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Football Thread 2011/12 |OT8| Made it to the Championship play-offs
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oh yeah, I missed that part
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
One penalty for Unicef.
One penalty for Qatar.
One penalty for Qatar.
systemfehler
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Nesta WTF? You don't have to give a penalty here because Puyol is clearly shoving and pulling aswell but you can and Nesta is not Mark van Bommel who would give the ref a pat on the shoulder an everything is okay. MvB gets away with anything - he and Gattuso would saved that 1:1 until eternity.
SunhiLegend
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2-1 woohoo
This match is going to give me a heart attack
This match is going to give me a heart attack
I agree why do Milan keep fouling people in the box the idiots.
The corner that Milan got earlier, the Barca players were doing the same thing. Every corner that has ever been taken ever, that happens. Consistency, man.
MarshMellow96
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Seems like Biscuits falls over because Puyol pushes him? I dunno..
Broder Salsa
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Has Seedorf made any passes today that has not ended up on Barca feet?
2-1 woohoo
That is one of the worst penalty decisions in a while. Can't believe people defend that...
Gareth Bale
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So long as Milan have another corner, that will happen in the Barcelona penalty area and I would bet a lot of money that nothing will be given.
The Friendly Monster
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Also the Nesta foul was before the ball had been played. I thought it was meant to be retaken in this case? I'm totally against shirt pulling but I don't think that should be a penalty.
Meus Renaissance
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Yeah I hope we see a pen given for that in every instance in this game when it happens on the other end (which it will) but I doubt it. There will be outrage and controversy after this game if it ends 2-1. Disappointing really
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This match is going to give me a heart attack
What the FUCK is this?
MMaRsu
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Ive never been a fan.
Exactly. If those were given consistently games would end 12-8. I'm all for a concerted effort to stamp shirt tugging out of the game, but giving Barca a penalty here doesn't feel like the start of a revolution.
This. Does anybody know what the rule book says about a situation like this?
He's waiting for the right moment to kick random Milan player in the head and get away with a yellow.
Meus Renaissance
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Having said that, Barca were denied a clear cut penalty in the first leg and thus denied an away goal. So Milan don't the right to claim injustice
It's a penalty. You can't do that.
Wish we got these kind of decisions in games...
Thinking about that game still makes me angry.
That second penalty was kinda stupid. Shouldn't have been called. But despite that it's been an amazing match so far. I think Milan will score another one. It seems to me that, if they get that last pass on the counter attack, they can score another goal. Replace Seedorf, he's doing anything good for Milan.
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