AS Monaco (A) | CL | Post Match Thread

[supercity88]

I mean we won it and I can assure you we weren’t on UEFA’s nice list, humiliated them in court

We were too good for them to sabotage us.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Fuming

Blue Steel!

 

[Cassandra]

In soccer, a raised foot near the head is a foul called "playing in a dangerous manner" or, more colloquially, a "high boot". A referee can call this foul even if no contact is made, as the action itself is a threat to a player's safety.


For those confused by the rules

If there is no contact then it is an indirect free kick. May not apply in this case but just to clarify.

 

[Gordyola]

In soccer, a raised foot near the head is a foul called "playing in a dangerous manner" or, more colloquially, a "high boot". A referee can call this foul even if no contact is made, as the action itself is a threat to a player's safety.


For those confused by the rules

In football it is also dangerous play to put your head down Dyer tried to head a ball that had gone and headed Nico’s shin

For you that is confused as to what happened that’s the law

 

[Kippax77]

Raise your boot at head height like that in the CL and it’s a penalty every time.

It was brainless play by Nico.

Sorry pal but bollocks.
Have a watch of Chelsea vs Brighton on MOTD.
Full on kick in the face in the box, no penalty to Brighton cos fat Hooper can't keep up.
Var look and agree no penalty, kick in the face, high boot whatever

 

[Shuffs]

Get themselves in a better position, ultimately.

Put thats impossible to be 100% of the time.......you have to be able to react to any given situation.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Let’s be honest - we won’t play a worse team in the Champions Leage than that Monaco B team.

If we can’t beat that shower we may as well go out asap.

An injury to Haaland away from being absolutely hopeless.

That’s the spirit!

 

[jimharri]

Christ, there's some weird takes on here tonight. I think it's time to head for the bed, before I do/say something I probably shouldn't. Sweet dreams, chaps and chapesses.

 

[MCFC1993]

His substitutions are absolutely shocking, it's a continuous theme of poor substitutions either that or the lack of substitutions.

Absolutely no way should Bernardo Silva have stayed out wide right for 97 minutes, Doku should have stayed on the pitch, he's arguably being our best player over the last 4/5 weeks, Why take him off at 2-1? It's stupidity. Kill the game and then take him off if needed.

Pep obviously hasn't learned his lesson from Brighton away a few weeks ago, being ahead in a game and dicking about with a one goal lead instead of killing teams off.

Yes but now judge the subs through the lens of Brentford on Sunday. What if the plan is to bench Bernardo and have Doku play 90?

Rodri and Stones couldnt play 90 so had to come off.

Substitutions are not just about the current game happening.

The team that ended the game should and could have won.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Of course it was.

As Haaland just said in his interview, kick someone in the face and it’s a penalty.

It was idiotic.

It wasn’t a 50/50 though, Dier was behind Nico and decided to put his head in there by stooping towards the raised leg. He knows if there’s contact then there’s a chance of a penalty but it’s shit in reality. It was maybe careless but I wouldn’t say idiotic.

I still think in this instance it wasn’t dangerous, he was in front of the attacker, he got the ball and it was fairly soft contact, more ankle than foot. The penalty shouldn’t have been given.

 

[chaddblue]

one of the worst refereeing performances I’ve seen in years

 

[homerdog]

?
he kicked him in head what would you want other way round

No contact from what I saw, but surely you realise that if it was the other way round VAR wouldn't have intervened?

 

[noseve]

He played the fucking ball..diers head was coming down towards the ball so always going to be a chance of contact

You've just countered your own argument

 

[CTID1090]

I must've watched a different game then because I thought we were sloppy and pedestrian, a million passes again and getting nowhere fast. We're crying out for some central midfield creativity, it's all too flat. That's a poor result tonight, don't forget Club Brugge hit four past these in the first game

You lot are delusional. We created a lot of chances, considering that low block Monaco were playing despite being down. We were in total control of that game. Had those two chances of the cross bar went in you would not have those same sentiments. Foden was constantly getting in between the lines and turning, combining with Halaand and Reijnders, were you watching the same game ?

 

[Sleeping_Easy]

His substitutions are absolutely shocking, it's a continuous theme of poor substitutions either that or the lack of substitutions.

Absolutely no way should Bernardo Silva have stayed out wide right for 97 minutes, Doku should have stayed on the pitch, he's arguably being our best player over the last 4/5 weeks, Why take him off at 2-1? It's stupidity. Kill the game and then take him off if needed.

Pep obviously hasn't learned his lesson from Brighton away a few weeks ago, being ahead in a game and dicking about with a one goal lead instead of killing teams off.

Yea the Doku one was the one I didn’t agree with. I can understand the Stones and Rodri ones with fitness concerns.

With Cherki and Marmoush both out our forward options look a little short. Marmoush or Cherki on for Doku would’ve gave the fresh legs needed but with much more impetus than Savinho brings.

 

[chaddblue]

Of course it was.

As Haaland just said in his interview, kick someone in the face and it’s a penalty.

It was idiotic.

I’m more annoyed about the free kick that led to the goal..it was a perfect tackle

 

[meltonblue]

Sorry pal but bollocks.
Have a watch of Chelsea vs Brighton on MOTD.
Full on kick in the face in the box, no penalty to Brighton cos fat Hooper can't keep up.
Var look and agree no penalty, kick in the face, high boot whatever

It’s been a penalty in Europe for a long while. If you put your foot up that high in the box and someone else can challenge with their head, they will give it.

 

[Stelea]

You can’t say it was a garbage performance when we comfortably should have scored 4/5 goals. They’ve got two goals out of nothing. City should have been out of sight.

It was. We were playing a piss poor team with half its players injured and we still played our boring boring style

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Savinho should never be first choice if there are other players on the bench, especially when defending a slender lead.

Probably placating him for not allowing his move.

He doesn’t know how to defend.

 

[Prophet of Doom]

best striker in world football surrounded by pub players like Nico.

Anybody thinking it wasn’t a pen hasn’t watched any CL football recently.

Make no mistake that Monaco outifit is shite. Embarrassing that we take a point