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  1. can't see where are the faults of Madrid in that card though no acting at all .. like we suffered by an Oscar actor a couple of years ago and still we passed the round (and against the "best team of the world")
    as they say .. it happens .. it's football
    red was excessive but not more scandalous than many others seen
    other situatiions, both sides, were wrongly judged by the ref
  2. I would say it was a yellow. I can kind of see where the referee is coming from though. It was dangerous play and the foot was extremely high, even to the point where Arbeloa had a cut where his ribs are because of the studs.

    I think Manchester United handled the situation extremely badly, however. I know it's the heat of the moment, but Ferdinand clapping in front of the referee's face is extremely childish. After the game, they were acting like a school's boy football team. I can understand the frustration, though, because it was an extremely debatable decision by the referee and his assistants. I think those last four words are important: "referee and his assistants." It wasn't just the referee that made the decision, it seemed to be a joint effort or maybe the assistant thought it was entirely necessary to bring out the red. Maybe the referee was just 'passing on the message', as such.

    Like Ronnie said, though, the referee had some other dodgy decisions throughout the game. Wasn't his finest.
  3. I CAN`T SEE WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT IT WAS A STRAIGHT RED, SIMPLE!!!!!!.
  4. I don't feel as though it deserved a red card. We'll see a few more challenges like that over the course of the season and they will result in the booking that Nani should've got last night. Refereeing across Europe is inconsistent. Arbeloa didn't make a meal of it, he got up and carried on with the game following treatmentand only Sergio Ramos had a word with the referee so there's no blame attached to Madrid. It was a genuine attempt to control the ball. He wasn't running head on at Arbeloa, he went for the ball and Arbeloa jumped right into the challenge (as he quite rightly is allowed to do).

    Let's not forget though that United weren't the only team that suffered from a poor decision as Real Madrid should've had a goal stand in the first half and maybe a penalty in the second. In the end, they were fortunate that it wasn't an issue. Ferdinand obviously lost his rag at the end and as comical as it was, he should know better.

    The game itself I thought was pretty good. Real Madrid certainly commanded the first leg, but I feel they did so less in the second leg. Ronaldo barely entered the game until after Nani had been sent off. Vidic hit the post in the first half and forced a top save in the last five minutes from a set piece. Rooney had a golden opportunity to level the game in the second half too. Overall, I think United were doing enough to see the game out or to extra-time at least with eleven men. Following the dismissal, Real Madrid pressured and took advantage but the last ten minutes saw some brave football from United, so credit for that. Vidic, Welbeck and Giggs all put in a great performance.

    The behaviour of some United fans however was unacceptable.
  5. I'm not bitter. United had multiple scoring opportunities late on and didn't convert. They lost their heads after the card and switched off. The Modric goal was a great strike but to concede the second so quickly was criminal. Nano would never have been covering the back post so it made no odds that he wasn't on the pitch. Only ourselves to blame.

    And Welbeck is a lemon. He just has no killer instinct. Gets himself into fantastic space but put him in front of goal and he looks like a giraffe on an ice rink.

    Edit - full disclosure. Had a fiver on Welbeck for first goal at 7/1 and another fiver on united to go through in extra time at 25/1.
  6. Originally posted by germcevoy:I'm not bitter. United had multiple scoring opportunities late on and didn't convert. They lost their heads after the card and switched off. The Modric goal was a great strike but to concede the second so quickly was criminal. Nano would never have been covering the back post so it made no odds that he wasn't on the pitch. Only ourselves to blame.

    And Welbeck is a lemon. He just has no killer instinct. Gets himself into fantastic space but put him in front of goal and he looks like a giraffe on an ice rink.

    Edit - full disclosure. Had a fiver on Welbeck for first goal at 7/1 and another fiver on united to go through in extra time at 25/1.

    They panicked. It was obvious that Madrid would push on and changes would need to be made. Immediately, Valencia should've replaced Welbeck and Giggs shoudl've switched to the left. But Mourinho's cool head decided to bring Modric on and take advantage. Ferguson was outraged and he didn't act until it was too late. As you say though, we had chances and didn't take them. Credit to Lopez for the fantastic save he made against Vidic.
  7. Madrid pounced beautifully. I hope this Chelsea game goes smoothly. Had feelings of a treble this year. Would settle for the double though. It's been too long since we held the FA Cup.
  8. Ronnie ....something to say about Bale
  9. Tim ...i heard that Rooney is in the transfer list , is that right ?

  10. yes he will miss next match hehehe
    ^shhh don't wake up Andrew ... hehehe

  11. hehehe

    They played really bad or not ? i coudn t see the match
  12. they didn't play at all!!! .. neither bad nor good .. they never showed from the locker room
    aweful defense aweful middlefield non existent attack .. some statue here and there in the field
    they should have scored at least one of the 2 chances we had for the return match .. but the result is widely deserved

    ps: i watched a bit of the first half of Boca - Nacional last night
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