UEFA Champions League: Semi Finals (1st Leg) - Page 22

quote Djedwardsmith

I just hope that at the Nou Camp four offside goals are given against you and four penalty appeals are ignored for you, and then lets see how your team reacts.

Was referring to this. He didn't bring up the game, but that says enough.

I find it rich a Barcelona fan talking about poor refereeing considering what happened last year. Let me just say this now. If it was poor refereeing, get over it. Moaning won't do anything, and I doubt the referee supported either club. Add on top of that, you were poor anyways. Inter deserved the win in the end, poor refereeing or not.

Now, the ref from last year's semi's is just terrible. Never, ever should be allowed near the Champions League again. Thank God he isn't doing the World Cup!

The way Alves reacts is just too stupid for words. Rolling around like he's hurt, then starts laughing when he knows he hasn't got the penalty. If he was genuinely hurt, he would've stayed down.

Busquets and Alves are really pissing me and a lot of other cules with their rolling around. Would like to see Guardiola give them a talking to.

But I guess that's true, poor refereeing happens all the time, should take it better.

I can understand you being annoyed, I mean it's easy to forget decisions that go your way. If Chelsea lose the league because Liverpool score a blatantly offside goal I'll be raging til the cows come home, until a United fan points out that the winning goal at Old Trafford, Drogba was a mile offside.

Most folk I've heard enjoying Barca not getting the rub of the green with the ref because of the Chelsea game last year were saying things like "swings and roundabouts" after that game at the Bridge anywho. It's football.

Drogba goes through phases. In his 30 goal season he rarely dived and was all round a brilliant footballer. Then he started rolling around like a twat again. Nowadays it seems if he's not up for it in the first minute he'll roll around like a twat, but if he is up for it he's beastly. I just think some players have it in their nature and no amount of "talking to"'s or yellow cards will make them cut it out completely.

They really should start booking players for feigning injuries. It's ridiculous when they get up as soon as they've won the freekick.


Ronaldo does it all the time. As does Drogba. I've seen Messi do it a few times but I can't really comment as I don't watch him a lot.

You don't see the real footballers do it ie Rooney etc

quote The Haz

They really should start booking players for feigning injuries. It's ridiculous when they get up as soon as they've won the freekick.


Ronaldo does it all the time. As does Drogba. I've seen Messi do it a few times but I can't really comment as I don't watch him a lot.

You don't see the real footballers do it ie Rooney etc

Sarcasm?

The other thing to pick up on is players now going down and holding theirs heads to get the referee to stop the game, before holding their leg/calf/ankle.