Copa 1/4 final: Albacete - Barca 1-2

malvolio

malvolio

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With regards to the match, it was another nail-biter against a small team. One might say that grinding wins is the mark of champions, but the same worrying signs are showing. Attack doesn't convert chances as well as it should, defence is a shambles and we concede against any team, many players are lacking the quality to play at a high level week after week for this club.
Thank God for Madrid being worse, I guess.
 
Loki

Loki

Well-known member
malvolio said:
Again with the refs? We all know Cancelo should have been off and ref turned a blind eye on that.
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He played the ball first. You don't send a player off for that, especially in a knock-out game. Without the ball, it's a clear yellow. But not in a k.o. stage when the ball was involved. Refs judge according to the situation and the game as well. Same as not every foul in the penalty area is automatically a penalty.

That said, there are refs in spain who would have send him off and he was lucky.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018795410752704615
 
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malvolio

malvolio

Senior Member
Loki said:
He played the ball first. You don't send a player off for that, especially in a knock-out game. Without the ball, it's a clear yellow. But not in a k.o. stage when the ball was involved. Refs judge according to the situation and the game as well. Same as not every foul in the penalty area is automatically a penalty.

That said, there are refs in spain who would have send him off and he was lucky.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018795410752704615
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That's a yellow all day, clumsy challenge. If he puts his foot higher it's a straight red. Touching ball first has nothing to do with it in this case.
 
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