The old enemy.He is French, they hate the British and have never forgiven us for Agincourt.
He played advantage but no booking , just one in a whole series of dubious decisions on the night .No replay, Spanish director still replaying Rodrygo’s goal
Do you think it was about 'not ruining a product' ?
If he had been sent off the match was over and neutrals turn off. It was the same with the fa cup final, can't send the keeper off as it spoils the so called entertainment.
I ask because that's where I say it's corrupt. They do not referee to the rules but to the broadcaster.
I said that on the day and will maintain forever that opinion. That game was as bent and corrupt as many I've witnessed against us. The fact a VAR official had connections to Palace is highly suspicious and irregular imo. And I say broadcasters/ commentators opinions which can be heard at Stockley Park influence - throughout that incident Shearer on co comms kept insisting it wasn't red.... how many times over the years have we heard GNIAC make a 'suggestion ' about an incident that coincidentally becomes the reason to 'award' ( in case of red cartel teams) or disallow ( any red cartel opponents, City etc). That cup final smelled of corruption.I see your point but they don’t even apply those bent rules consistently. No way Ortega handles outside his area in the Cup Final and stays on the pitch. Remember VAR stopped the game,(in the Cup Final) but then didn’t send the ref to the monitor. I’d love to know what went on in that 5 mins… someone intervened and changed the decision - VAR saw the offence, raised it and then backed down. Clear corruption in a show piece final and the media said nothing.
A former BBC radio Manchester blue commentator says hello....What really pisses me off is why the commentators and pundits don’t question the referees decisions or performance
The thing that made me most suspicious was actually the 87 and 88 min cards for RM players. No worse offences than what had come before but shown at a point where the material impact on the game would be negligible. Made the numbers look more even handed though. If he says they were for the cumulative fouls well that point had been reach a good 30 minutes earlier.
On another night his performance could easily have resulted in a different outcome.
There was nothing spectacularly bad from him imo. It was just continual and persistent smaller decisions that he gave to them. It was literally every 5 mins. Very annoying little man.
That one decision alone tells anyone what the ref was like. To beat Madrid, you have to beat the referee as well. He hardly got a single big decision correct. Gave Vinicius a penalty when it was outside the box, didn't give Haalands penalty which was so blatant it was unreal and didn't send off Rudiger which was as stonewall a yellow and red you will ever see. The ref was in Madrids pocket all game and thankfully VAR was on hand to bail us out.O’Reily yellow for next to nothing that thug took Savino out that was a yellow never gave it because they played would gone off!
A good angle of that challenge,
I have to give Doku a lot of praise for this.
A good angle of that challenge,
I have to give Doku a lot of praise for this.