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Originally Posted by sundancekid
Well, what if the ref. had given the advantage and Gioly had NOT scored? Then he only could have given Lehmann a yellow card. Red card no doubt. This was exactly by the book. If you don’t like it, try change the rules…
No offside. Other examples?
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The Ref was awful and totally ruined the whole game... He should have played the advantage like any good referee, And then looked at the outcome, If it was not of any advantage then he could blow the whistle and bring it back and then send Lehmann off, But he didnt and IMO should never have been allowed to ref the match in the first place or one again for that matter, How on earth can UEFA give a referee from Norway who is not even going to ref at the world cup the responsibility of refering the biggest game in European club football? It should have gone to the best referee in either Italy, France or Germany end of story, But it didnt because of politics...
Btw, A typical example of this was last seasons Semi-final 2nd leg at Anfield between Liverpool and Chelsea, Baras went through and Cech took him down but the ref let play go on and Garcia scored with the advantage... Cech didnt recieve any booking, Yellow or Red and the game went on... That is the right way to do it.. Because if he had of just blowin up, Then Cech would have been off and Chelsea down to 10, And Liverpool would of had a penalty but it would have ruined what turned out to be a great game of football, Its just a bit of common sence (Btw that was a ref from England who was used to a fast paced league unlike the official from Norway last night)
You have to remember all the fans that forked out a shit load of money to go and see a great match between two great sides, Only to be cheated by that stupid referee who hardly got a decision right all night, And apart from the freekick given to Eboye which was given by the linesman I might add, Every decision went against Arsenal, They were getting cards left, right and centre and Barcalona got away with murder, It does make you wonder aswell (And as you all know I am not an Arsenal fan) if there was something dodgy about this ref aswell after what happened with his Lineman wearing a Barca jersey before the final, Who is also from Norway
PS: And its a shame really as we will never know whether or not Barca would have beaten Arsenal 11v11 as it was looking like a very even game up until that point, It also taints there victory a little bit aswell which is a shame because they were great all season...