The big thing for me is he completely changed the way he reffed each half. He was a picky SOB in the first half but in the second he completely abandoned the card book besides the DM RED and a yello for Macherano. As Negredo mentioned there he wasnt consistent so you didn't know what you could get away with and what you couldn't.
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Refereeing in European competitions (continental refereeing)
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Chipmeister
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It is like a different game when we play in Europe with these refs.
I was disappointed with Barca players for the way they play for a foul, whenever we pressed the ball and put them under pressure the player in possession literally falls down and gets the foul. It must be so frustrating to play against and actually affects the way you play, especially when the ref gives a player a card it is then impossible to tackle almost for fear of a second card and the Barca players have this style of playing perfected.
If you cannot put them under pressure then the opposition are disadvantaged so it is so important for a strong ref when playing them
I was disappointed with Barca players for the way they play for a foul, whenever we pressed the ball and put them under pressure the player in possession literally falls down and gets the foul. It must be so frustrating to play against and actually affects the way you play, especially when the ref gives a player a card it is then impossible to tackle almost for fear of a second card and the Barca players have this style of playing perfected.
If you cannot put them under pressure then the opposition are disadvantaged so it is so important for a strong ref when playing them
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I don't usually like using this argument, but some of the fouls he gave were blatantly the result of him not having played the game himself to any kind of decent standard. There were so many everyday 'footballing' incidents that he was blowing up for, the most obvious being the Vinny-Messi shoulder to shoulder challenge.
And what was all that nonsense of giving Valdes a free kick whenever anyone (regardless of which team they played for) went anywhere near him?
Pellegrini was spot on in his criticism of the referee for favouring Barcelona, although he should perhaps keep these things to himself or let another member of staff say it for him. I thought Martin Samuel summed it up well in his match report:
"Behind one goal hung a giant banner summing up the feelings of many: T’estimo, it read — Catalan for ‘I love you’ — but it is not just the locals who are bewitched by their team.
Neutrals are infatuated, too, particularly referees, and Eriksson was no different to most. Blowing up every time Valdes made a poor, flailing attempt to claim the ball was one indication; the odd soft free-kick the other.
Barcelona’s game can be so mesmerising, so damn pretty at times, that it is hard to believe that they get tackled or lose control like mere mortals.
Far easier to blame the brute of an opposing player for hassling, applying pressure and spoiling the ballet."
And what was all that nonsense of giving Valdes a free kick whenever anyone (regardless of which team they played for) went anywhere near him?
Pellegrini was spot on in his criticism of the referee for favouring Barcelona, although he should perhaps keep these things to himself or let another member of staff say it for him. I thought Martin Samuel summed it up well in his match report:
"Behind one goal hung a giant banner summing up the feelings of many: T’estimo, it read — Catalan for ‘I love you’ — but it is not just the locals who are bewitched by their team.
Neutrals are infatuated, too, particularly referees, and Eriksson was no different to most. Blowing up every time Valdes made a poor, flailing attempt to claim the ball was one indication; the odd soft free-kick the other.
Barcelona’s game can be so mesmerising, so damn pretty at times, that it is hard to believe that they get tackled or lose control like mere mortals.
Far easier to blame the brute of an opposing player for hassling, applying pressure and spoiling the ballet."
mike channon´s windmill
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Spot on again MartinDubai Blue said:I don't usually like using this argument, but some of the fouls he gave were blatantly the result of him not having played the game himself to any kind of decent standard. There were so many everyday 'footballing' incidents that he was blowing up for, the most obvious being the Vinny-Messi shoulder to shoulder challenge.
And what was all that nonsense of giving Valdes a free kick whenever anyone (regardless of which team they played for) went anywhere near him?
Pellegrini was spot on in his criticism of the referee for favouring Barcelona, although he should perhaps keep these things to himself or let another member of staff say it for him. I thought Martin Samuel summed it up well in his match report:
"Behind one goal hung a giant banner summing up the feelings of many: T’estimo, it read — Catalan for ‘I love you’ — but it is not just the locals who are bewitched by their team.
Neutrals are infatuated, too, particularly referees, and Eriksson was no different to most. Blowing up every time Valdes made a poor, flailing attempt to claim the ball was one indication; the odd soft free-kick the other.
Barcelona’s game can be so mesmerising, so damn pretty at times, that it is hard to believe that they get tackled or lose control like mere mortals.
Far easier to blame the brute of an opposing player for hassling, applying pressure and spoiling the ballet."
Fact is we are interlopers and atm we don´t fit in to the Uefa natural order of things. The thing that pisses me off is that Twatini and Twatini jnr have seen to it that PSG are getting fast-tracked
We will quietly wait our turn - then we´ll turn the knife