[CL] JUVENTUS 1-3 Barcelona (June 6th, 2015) (23 Viewers)

[samfisher5]

If they were so much better, why did the ref have to help them?

There's literally no logic in that. Fact is, we should have won and got a deserved CL taken away from us!

 

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[Hist]

Few members said we were robbed. Almost everyone says Barcelona deserved to win (in a game where both teams deserved to win), but to deny that the ref favoured Barcelona is completely ridiculous.

My assessment of the ref is that he was lenient with Vidal, fair on the penalty and wrong on the foul. If Busquets was doing the same behavior of Vidal I have a strong feeling everyone here would have been saying he should have been red carded or at the very least many refs would have carded him. Look at the live match thread and you'll see how many times we freaked out and thought that was it. Even on twitter some players wrote they'd be surprised if Vidal finishes this match.

I say fair on the penalty because I really think its a very soft call that could go either way. I don't expect a CL final ref to give a penalty for something that weak.

The foul was an error. I'd say it slightly favors barca especially that a goal was conceded right afterwards.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

also lets not forget the foregone second yellow on pogba, he didnt favor any side.

 

[Buck Fuddy]

I think theres an argument for calling a foul on Alves before Pogba is pulled down.

Obviously. Which makes it a prime example of a 50/50 call.

What I do know is that a lot of people would have wanted a penalty had the Lichtsteiner handball happened on the other side of the pitch. I know I would have, because we've all seen them called regularly.
So if you're talking about refereeing decisions changing the game, that's the first instance right there.

 

[Jem83]

What I'm truly bitter about, is 2003, 1998 and 1997. Those were the real trolljobs by our opponents. And fuckups by ourselves. Those were the finals we had in the palm of our hand.

This one.... Well, it's always heartbreaking to lose a final. You're so close to it you can taste it. But at the end of the day, Barca was the best team overall and ran out as worthy winners.

They're the best team in Europe, there's really not much else to say about that.

For me, it was a penalty on Pogba, but it wasn't a 100 % clear-cut penalty. More like an 80 / 20 scenario. And with that "20" being there, there's always the chance that the ref will give the defender the benefit of the doubt. And he did. It happens. But he also gave Vidal and Pogba the benefit of the doubt on a couple of occasions.

It sucks to lose, but as the years go by, 2015 will not be a "bitter" final for me. 2003, 1997 and 1998, though, were soulcrushing facepalms that will haunt me for as long as I live.

 

[juventino320]

Still not as bitter as 2003, nedved get suspended and we lost against milan.

 

[TheLaz]

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

I can't be arsed to read all 200+ pages and I am sure the foul on Pogba has been extensively discussed but given the penalties awarded in the Cl, that is a clear penalty. Dani Alves firstly lightly kicks the leg and then pulls him down, no brainer really, just a gutless referee.

Even the Juve hating papers in Italy (CdS and GdS of course) called it a clear penalty. That says something.

 

[Klovn]

I don't really know if it's a penalty, but I know for sure that if it was a Barca player, they would have gotten it, no doubt about that. 100%

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Few members said we were robbed. Almost everyone says Barcelona deserved to win (in a game where both teams deserved to win), but to deny that the ref favoured Barcelona is completely ridiculous.

We definitely weren't robbed, Barca were clearly the better team on the night (and in general), we probably only played better than them for about 15-20 mins of the game...BUT...that doesn't take away the fact that the referee heavily favoured Barca in most circumstances. It is already hard enough to beat a team as good as that at the best of times, but it doesn't help when almost nothing goes your way in the 50/50 calls. I don't count the Lichtsteiner penalty, because that was never in a million years a deliberate handball.

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I don't really know if it's a penalty, but I know for sure that if it was a Barca player, they would have gotten it, no doubt about that. 100%

No doubt about that all.

 

[HAZEM]

i remember the 1998 final and i hate it. and the 2003 was a pain to watch. i don't feel bad this year i don't know why.

 

[juventino320]

Your getting used to losing cl finals

Like holand fans

 

[CAPITANO]

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Because we were heavy favourites in the other three finals (maybe 03 slightly less)...we were rank outsiders this time around. Hopefully, we get back into another final and we manage to win the bloody thing.

 

[Badass J Elkann]

I swear i screamed and celebrated for a solid minute when Morata scored

 

[DUKAC]

I swear i screamed and celebrated for a solid minute when Morata scored

I am sure you did.Me too.

 

[juventino320]

Even my merda brother was screaming for morata goal.

 

[DUKAC]

Still not as bitter as 2003, nedved get suspended and we lost against milan.

Plus we were stronger.

 

[juventino320]

Plus we were stronger.

True, that year we fucked every body, no one get a chance.

 

[Hist]

I don't really know if it's a penalty, but I know for sure that if it was a Barca player, they would have gotten it, no doubt about that. 100%

why? Uefalona?