Ref Watch

[Iassel]

I honestly thought the ref was good. Rodri could have easily been booked, bernardo with a very nasty tackle early on, he dealt with the numerous handball shouts well, he stopped the play when Madrid where in on the counter for Gundogan and the ball seemingly went out before our goal.

It is an intense atmosphere for refs and personally I thought he did a great job

Whilst he actually got pretty much all the calls right (including Stones looking for the foul on the edge of area), I think it’s a stretch to say he was good when he lost control of the game for 10 minutes after they goal through his own inaction….

Had he booked Carvajal midway through the first half after offence number 3 or 4 he would’ve given himself a much easier evening.

He also made a rod for his own back by letting Carvajal off, meaning he couldn’t really book Rodri late in the second half for a couple of ‘tactical fouls’ when he probably should’ve

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Ref was a disgrace, no way did he walk out the Bernabeu without a bung in his pocket.

 

[salfordbluetrue]

Thought the ref made big mistakes in the first half, that came back to haunt him, just hoping that was a throw back to the old homer ref`s, was that 4th official the ref that would not send Casimiro off last year? I can let the ref off in most things but VAR should have sent Rudiger off on his attack on Gundogan.no excuses it had all the angles.

 

[Champions again in 2012]

That **** is waiting for the final if we get there.

He’s already ruined a champions league final involving city. He thought Rudigers assault on KDB was ok

 

[ZanteWeatherman]

Watch out for the foul throws

Said that to a mate. One of them in particular, the RM player's back leg was so high off the ground the local airport were stopping planes from flying over.

 

[inbetween]

I never understand why in big matches there's this thing around 'letting the game flow' and not giving out yellows. It's not even true that it helps the game to flow and why do the rules change depending on who's playing???

It happens in every big game where an opposition tactic is to interrupt our play. Their tactic is to keep doing the niggly fouls until the ref hands out a card. If the ref is going to be a bit more lenient because it's a big game then the game is going to constantly stop because those fouls will carry on. Managers will literally tell their players to keep doing it to stop us until they get booked.

I don't want any player sent off but Caravajal vs Grealish was a key battle and Carvajal lost that battle constantly. If he's going to lose that battle and have to foul to stop Grealish then he should be booked for it, end of. If not then Grealish will never win that battle because he'll just be fouled unfairly all the time and he was.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I never understand why in big matches there's this thing around 'letting the game flow' and not giving out yellows. It't not even true and why do the rules change depending on who's playing???

It happens in every big game where an opposition tactic is to interrupt our play. They'll then keep doing that until the ref sorts it out but it's stupid when they don't because of this unwritten rule.

I don't want any player sent off but Caravajal vs Grealish was a key battle and Carvajal lost that battle constantly. If he's going to lose that battle and have to foul to stop Grealish then he should be booked for it, end of.

Allowing players to constantly get away with those fouls stops the game, booking players so they stop doing it is the whole point of having cards in the first place........

When he was at Villa he was the most fouled player in the PL - on the basis that the fouls were sanctioned with a free kick. Now in sky blue he remains the most fouled player but doesn't get the frees.

 

[Chi-town blues]

City battered them and were in full control. Dominated every department but madrid cunts resorted to hacking . Rudicunt and Carvajal got a free pass from the ref .Gundog got knocked out cold but still no yellow .City players started to shit themselves and lost trust in ref. Tide turned around in a second and they scored. Bernie , Dias and Stones would’ve seen yellow or red if any one made an attempt to tackle. This corrupt ref had a direct impact and influence , also he was literally blocking our channel .

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

There are two referees in particular to avoid in Europe. Lahoz (no surprise there) and Orsato, the Italian (he was fourth official last night). Hopefully we avoid Lahoz altogether as it is not possible to get the other bastard in the Final.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

There are two referees in particular to avoid in Europe. Lahoz (no surprise there) and Orsato, the Italian (he was fourth official last night). Hopefully we avoid Lahoz altogether as it is not possible to get the other bastard in the Final.

If we get by Real what chance Lahoz gets the final?