Look to be fair Barcelona should have had a penalty in the first leg. Yes there was something fishy tonight, but I don't think they'd fix the matches on purpose, it more to do with refs just giving Barcelona the benefit of the doubt sometimes because they're the team that everyone likes ATM. But I don't think the Ref sits at home and plans it.
About the refs , well in the first leg there were 2 penaltys for barca not given and i don't remember anybody saying milan is cheating , in this match the first penalty was clear as day the second one is dubious . In general milan played very hard and made bad tackles i was surprised since noone of them got the red card and barca played better through the whole game with penaltys or without penalty they had much more chances so all in all the one who deserved to pass the turn passed .
Look to be fair Barcelona should have had a penalty in the first leg. Yes there was something fishy tonight, but I don't think they'd fix the matches on purpose, it more to do with refs just giving Barcelona the benefit of the doubt sometimes because they're the team that everyone likes ATM. But I don't think the Ref sits at home and plans it.
That's what's so insidious about it all. It's how a brand works. Yet everyone depends on Barça being perceived as attractive. That is why journalists like them so much. The football Barcelona bring is typically boring and uninteresting. They win by letting the other team fall asleep. Or by cheating.
The ref doesn't plot to call in favour of Barcelona. He's scared of not giving them a penalty, because everyone likes them. Everyone likes them, because they are constantly put forward as the best team ever in the media. The media aren't independent, because they have to sell. They only sell when there's a strong brand, something people want to identify with. So they make Barça that brand.
It's insidious and it is wrong. To me, Barça no longer exist.