Re: Football Chat Thread : Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:58 pm
Enfield Exile wrote:
Don’t be silly. It was never a second yellow card. It was a poor decision by the ref, who I thought had a poor game. I could have swore he changed his mind about the Barca penalty. At first he appeared to signal for a corner. He then subtley swivelled so that hit looked like he had been pointing to the penalty box rather than a corner of the 6-yard box.
I have watched games involving this ref in other CL games and he has been very good. Last night though he was relatively poor. ‘Poor’ is relative though. He certainly was not Stuart Atwell level of ‘poor’.
I have watched games involving this ref in other CL games and he has been very good. Last night though he was relatively poor. ‘Poor’ is relative though. He certainly was not Stuart Atwell level of ‘poor’.
I don't think it was worth a second yellow card either but I can see why he gave it - he believes,like me that RVP heard the whistle and carried on and the subsequent shot was enough to sway the ref - RVP should have known better - this is the CL and refs are inconsistent - he's a pro and should know that.
Otherwise I thought the ref did ok apart from the ludicrous decision at the beginning not to give at least a free kick on the edge of the Gooners' box - it was a blatant free kick to Barça which some may have given as a penalty.
