Medhi Benatia (15 Viewers)

[Quetzalcoatl]

I was thinking what a great game he was having just before that happened...

Anyway, was a top performance.

 

Buy on AliExpress.com

[zizinho]

His fault was positioning even before the foul. Wrong side of the player.

Chiellini went out even further than Matuidi, even when we had a bunch of players around that area. No idea why we tried to set an offside trap for casper when Marchisio plays for us

 

[Ventus]

I was thinking what a great game he was having just before that happened...

Anyway, was a top performance.

He had a really good game. shame about the 50-50 penalty though, its hard to say what would of happened if he didn't commit himself.

 

[X Æ A-12]

He had a really good game. shame about the 50-50 penalty though, its hard to say what would of happened if he didn't commit himself.

No it isn't. Vasquez would have scored. Simple as that.

Can't fault him for making a challenge there.

 

[Hust]

No it isn't. Vasquez would have scored. Simple as that.

Can't fault him for making a challenge there.

Very few defenders would have been able to get out of that with that kind of challenge...Nesta/Canna come to mind, always silky/sneaky.

Tough look for Medhi though, I think he had the ball but the contact was too much.

 

[duranfj]

He did great... ref is an asshole

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Nothing but love for you Medhi. He had a pretty good game up until that unfortunate incident in the last few seconds of the game.

 

[Bianconero81]

Mad respect. It took balls to make that challenge, and some refs wouldn't have even whistled for the PK. However, it's @ The Bernabeu against Madrid, and we all know what that means. Gutsy challenge, and it had to be made.

Cuntish British ref should go back to rainy Somerset and retire.

 

[pitbull]

No it isn't. Vasquez would have scored. Simple as that.

Can't fault him for making a challenge there.

Of course Benatia couldn't have possibly known that, but Vasquez was scared shitless at that point, no way he'd have scored, he was going down the moment he felt Benatia's breath in his neck. Guy just got lucky that ref bought his fall out of nowhere

 

[Zacheryah]

Robbed

 

[JCK]

Can someone post footage of his action just before his yellow card where he bullied three Real players in a second?

 

[Toro_Merda]

Wasn't he booked prior this incident and why wasn't he shown second yellow after the pen decision?

 

[Mr Chocolate]

Wasn't he booked prior this incident and why wasn't he shown second yellow after the pen decision?

yeah I asked the same with, poor ref got startled, deer in headlights, forgot about Benatia

 

[juve123]

Really great performance we missed him in the first leg

 

[Hust]

Benatia was furious after the game when talked to Mediaset: “We are sad, because we played the game we wanted to and last year the same thing happened to Bayern Munich.

“Madrid are a great side, but every time there is a challenge, they get the decision and Cristiano Ronaldo scores.

“I went around Vazquez and got the ball. He just went down because he had nothing else to do at that point. You can see the ball bounce off my foot and change direction. Going out to a penalty like that is absurd.

“We are the victims of this situation, but we’re very proud of what we did tonight.”

Benatia added: "I'm proud of the team. But I am more disappointed with the world of football all the time. When you make such a huge effort, to concede a penalty in the 93rd minute like that..."

- - - Updated - - -

https://www.sport-english.com/en/ne...th-the-world-of-football-all-the-time-6752006

 

[X Æ A-12]

Of course Benatia couldn't have possibly known that, but Vasquez was scared shitless at that point, no way he'd have scored, he was going down the moment he felt Benatia's breath in his neck. Guy just got lucky that ref bought his fall out of nowhere

I dont know why you would assume he was scared shitless or that it would cause him to misd an open goal. Hes not a 17 y/o making his pro debut

 

[DAiDEViL]

Robbed

Instead of judging it by looking at a still, watch a vid, you might change your opinion.

 

[BayernFan]

Instead of judging it by looking at a still, watch a vid, you might change your opinion.

To me it looks like Benatia hit him in the chest with his boot, but again after seeing it 40+ times I still cant see if its a penalty or not. Its given and some says it was clear as daylight others that there was no contact - well I guess its something in the middle, a 50-50 and it turned out to Reals favour.

 

[X Æ A-12]

Of course Benatia couldn't have possibly known that, but Vasquez was scared shitless at that point, no way he'd have scored, he was going down the moment he felt Benatia's breath in his neck. Guy just got lucky that ref bought his fall out of nowhere

I dont know why you would assume he was scared shitless or that it would cause him to misd an open goal. Hes not a 17 y/o making his pro debut

 

[pitbull]

I dont know why you would assume he was scared shitless or that it would cause him to misd an open goal. Hes not a 17 y/o making his pro debut

Look at him, he practically froze when Ronaldo passed him the ball. Of course if the chest control was flawless he'd have scored it, but to me it certainly looked like he's going to miss that one