Firstly it's about choices UEFA make, they choose a thriggerhappy referee to ref the most important game in the last 16 in CL. Why do they do that? Do they actually build up to controvercy?
When Nani is given the red card, they focus on that United behaved shameful, like it wasn't our right to act like that. And threaten to fee players and staff.
I knew some of the two teams would be given the red this night, just looking at this Turkish stats over the matches he've been refereeing..
And what was the chances of it beeing us? We haven't been given the red in any tournament this season before it! And we're also quite low on the yellow ones.
The aggresion wasn't hard this match, so that wouldn't make it any special.
What about just stop protecting their referee who had a awful decision and not make themselves a victim of it..?!?
While a whole footballing nation is gutted by the decision, UEFA actually does nothing about it.
Fact is, history wise and if this is gonna continue with bad referee's in CL it's not much a truthworthy cup is it? It's way to based on referee and luck. So that meaning it shouldn't be the "Champions of Europe" but rather "Platini's pillow".
UEFA and the referee
posted on 7/3/13
So you all ignore Fergie's bad management at a key point in the game but are more then content to lay all the blame on the ref?
Ref did wrong but Fergie acted amateurish in the immediate aftermath
posted on 7/3/13
Knee, ref never makes the call - Fergie never goes off. He should have reacted better, but a large portion of the blame does lie with the referee.
posted on 7/3/13
For what it's worth the unbiased views of a neutral (I'm a Wolves supporter but I watch teams like you, Real and Barcelona when I want to see how the game should be played rather than indulge in another 90 minutes of masochism.
1. It was not a red card - yellow at most.
2. However, I fully expected that your guys would have the experience to reorganise immediately and make life very difficult for Real, in all likelihood holding on to your goal lead or at worst getting to extra time and penalties when the man short would be pretty much irrelevant. We've seen these kinds of successful rearguard actions by far less experienced and resolute teams than Man United.
3. I think the fact that you didn't hold out was not so much losing a player as letting the injustice of the sending off affect the judgement of the players and, possibly, your manager.
At the end of the day this is football and 'Poor refereeing decisions affects outcome of big game' is hardly a 'shock, horror' headline, is it, guys?
PS: Who at Man U has upset Roy Keane - or has he just lost the plot?
posted on 7/3/13
I agree bad decision Jay but he has to be used to refs making bad decision both for and against his team, he seemed far more concerned with venting his frustration then managing the team. I'd be very annoyed with Fergie as even with 10 men you'd plenty of decent chances so if he'd acted quickly and went 4-4-1 or even a version of 4-5-0 with a lone striker dropping into midfield you coudl have kept the pressure up on Alonso and Modric who got all the time in the world after then sending off and this is how they managed to score the 2 goals.
posted on 7/3/13
PS: Who at Man U has upset Roy Keane - or has he just lost the plot?
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I think Nani pìssed on his cornflakes.
posted on 7/3/13
SteadyEddy (U11917)
Are you wired up properly??
posted on 7/3/13
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"While a whole footballing nation is gutted by the decision, UEFA actually does nothing about it. "
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I suspect that 90+% of the "nation" is delighted to see Man. U and their "thriggerhappy(?)" manager get it handed to them. The very fact that one of their fans would think the "nation" and Man. U walk in lockstep is evidence of their arrogance and stupidity.
I seriously doubt if Nani will be back at Man. U next year. Once Fergie understands that his tackle was dumb, unnecessary and probably cost them the game, once he comes to that realisation, Nani will be burnt toast!
posted on 7/3/13
comment by Globaled (U7198)
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You can work out what the extra letter in thriggerhappy is surely
posted on 7/3/13
It's Fletcher v Arsenal all over again.
Fletcher sending off might not have affected the tie, but he was one of our top performers that season and would definitely have started in the final (where we lacked energy in midfield and allowed ourselves to be overrun).
posted on 7/3/13
Just heard that UEFA have actually awarded the ref an 8.2 rating for his performance and consider him to have been right with the sending off. Beggars belief.