Gotta be ******** me. Especially regarding how Madrid got exceptionally favored last year against Bayern, this is one gigantic joke of a penalty call, especially in that situation.
He's notorious for playing like **** in knockout games and especially finals, a penalty isn't telling the story.
Just saw the highlights... damn, I wish I could've watched that live. Huge match that would have deserved an overtime. Feel bad for Juve, we went through the same last year.
Clear penalty. Shoved him from behind and then kicked him from the side while the player was in as clear a scoring chance as it gets. Really dont see how it can be argued otherwise.
The argument can be made that he should have just given him a yellow for dissent and errr acting like a buffoon. Yellow would have been enough. The problem here was that Buffon made contact with the referee which is a big No No and left Michael Oliver with no choice.
That being said, it would have been glorious to watch both Spanish teams exit in an embarrassing manner in back to back days. Oh well.
Seems Martial will be available for under 50mil, wouldn't mind. Could replace Lewandowski in the future and also play at the wings for now. ManU didn't really utilize him right, he was much better at striker for Monaco. Also would have the french connection with Coman, Tolisso, Ribery.
Thauvin playing vs Leipzig today, still my #1 Target for Robben's succession. Hope Leipzig wins this, Germany needs them points.
I disagree. Yes, Benatia is shoving him, but there's only little contact and Benatia also reaches the ball. Problem is, if you call that penalty, practically each and every corner kick has to lead to a penalty (or offensive foul) as well, because there's a whole lot more pushing and shoving. When a high ball comes into the penalty area, both sides have to anticipate body contact. Vazquez is going down way too easy here.
Niko Kovac new Bayern coach, according to BILD. I really like him and he's doing an incredible job at Frankfurt, although I would've preferred Tuchel. I only watched two Frankfurt games this season but liked what I saw, Frankfurt fans are saying he's really versatile and adapting to each opponent and in-game situation, which is good.
I'm astounded by this and the comments of others elsewhere and especially in the English media who call it a "clear penalty". The fact that there are so many others on the other side that disagree would indicate it's definitely not clear cut. Those on your side see it as Benatia shoving him and kicking him from the side while those on the other side see it as Benatia pushes him no more forcefully than what occurs during set pieces throughout the game and Benatia's kick from the side not causing an impact worthy of Vasquez falling. I can see why people consider it a penalty and why the ref went ahead to call it but I don't think it's as clear as it's being made to seem. It's going to be an argument amongst fans for a while.
