[CL] Champions League 2012/13 (32 Viewers)

JuveJay

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Mar 6, 2007
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The Eboue one is different to Nani's, he has no hope of controlling the ball and jumps with his foot up for a headed challenge. Probably annoyed, considering the scoreline.
 

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Nov 26, 2006
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A man has apologised to Nottinghamshire Police for calling 999 and asking for referee Cuneyt Cakir to be arrested after last night's Champions League clash between Manchester United and Real Madrid.

The 18 year-old says he was caught up in the excitement following Nani's sending off. Police have decided not to pursue action for wasting police time after the man realised his bad judgement and said he was sorry.


:howler:
 

Cuti

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Jul 30, 2006
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In one of the angles of the highlights, it seems that Nani 'kicks' out while in the air, i'm not sure whether the ref saw that or not, but if he saw the 'kick out' then the red could be justified imo
 
Jul 1, 2010
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Yeah, a red is harsh, but I can see why the referee gave it.

Madrid were robbed of a clear goal (Higuain's) in the first half and of a penalty (Rafael's handball denying a goal) before the red card incident so I can't see how Manchester United can complain. It should have been 2-1 for Madrid before the red card anyway.

It was just poor referring the whole evening, no clear agenda on the referee's part.
 

JuveJay

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That's a goal, although play had stopped just before the finish. But in Europe if you fall to the floor and claim a foul it is usually enough to get one.
 

swag

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A man has apologised to Nottinghamshire Police for calling 999 and asking for referee Cuneyt Cakir to be arrested after last night's Champions League clash between Manchester United and Real Madrid.

The 18 year-old says he was caught up in the excitement following Nani's sending off. Police have decided not to pursue action for wasting police time after the man realised his bad judgement and said he was sorry.


:howler:
I've stopped laughing at mouth-breathing cretins who tie up emergency services phone lines with their pet stupidity. At first it was cute, but it's become epidemic and people with legit emergencies aren't getting through all the bullshit calls now. ("My KFC was too soggy." "Someone is playing loud music in their car." Blah blah blah.)

It's the force of the arm hitting Van Persie on the head, I think, that caused the ref to disallow it.
Leverage.
 

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