Champions League Final Thread

[bluethrunthru]

It's the CL final. If City were 2-1 up in the CL final I''d be begging them to drop to the floor and waste time.

Really - you think a team philosophy based around cheating is a good thing?

 

[1961_vintage]

Another genius.

Says the resident obnoxious wanker.

 

[SWP's back]

Other than a few unfounded paper reports and fans, we haven't made a single hint at being in for this player.

No. Course not.

Did you miss Pellegrini flying a plane with "we are buying Pogba" over the city centre yesterday?

 

[SWP's back]

Says the resident obnoxious wanker.

Better that than whatever you are flower.

 

[warspite]

Who's cut Messi's hair, looks like John Mills in Ryans Daughter

 

[The Batman]

so many double standards get given to barca , every-time they go down its a foul every time juve do the ref is not interested. cannot stand this flagrant playacting.

 

[unlikelyfan19]

Suarez looks good for someone who's career was almost ended 5 minutes ago.

 

[imtangledupinblue]

I reckon city might cool their interest in Pogba after this game

 

[1961_vintage]

Better that than whatever you are flower.

Keep telling yourself that petal. You never know.

 

[bluethrunthru]

I can fully understand that argument, I really can. And if there is a rule in place that says that a goal cannot be allowed if it goes in via a hand/arm (intentional or not), so be it. I've always been led to believe that, for a handball to be given, there has to be an element of intent. Maybe goals are different to general play; I'm not aware of such a rule. If there is, I apologise for my misinterpretation.

Don't think it matters where and the consequences I don't think there is any mention of a "natural" position of the hand/arm but what I think the rule says is it has to be deliberate.

So regardless of where the "offence" occurs and the consequences it has to be understood by the official that the player has deliberately felt the ball has not come off his forehead as he would have wanted and has moved his arm to deliberately direct the ball into the goal.

I wouldn't say that was beyond a player to be honest though its a brave official that would make that decision like tonight and it also makes a mockery of a lot of penalties given when a player has the ball smashed into his hand/arm from about 3 feet / 0.00003 of a second away.