13 Apr 2016 22:11:31
Barca knocked out by a handball decision?
Sweet irony!
14 Apr 2016 06:02:34
Barca got a ton of calls preceding that. Suarez dropped an elbow on Godin. Neymar kicked out at Godin. Both players ended up receiving yellow which is shocking as both offenses should receive a red if spotted. Then iniesta got a yellow when he denied a clear goal scoring opportunity which should've been red. On the whole Barcelona continued to get a slew of poor calls in their favor.
{Ed001's Note - you are dead right on that. There were 3 definite 100% red cards that the referee saw and awarded yellows for, so they can't even be reviewed afterwards. Busquets, apart from being ridiculously overrated for a defensive midfielder who can't defend or run, is the most dislikable player on earth. It is hard to watch him play without getting frustrated by his blatant cheating, yet he never gets any decisions go against him.}
14 Apr 2016 07:26:09
Paddy Power did a picture about it a few weeks back explaining how Barcelona had 30 players sent off against them in CL era. Was quite funny but very sad to see referees get that much abuse. I hate seeing Chelsea players doing it, especially waving the imaginery cards.
14 Apr 2016 07:32:15
Sweet to suit Barcelona knocked out like that. I will never forget that 2009 semi final at the Bridge when we were denied penalty after penalty.
14 Apr 2016 10:02:49
Having seen the Godin one again, that was vile.
{Ed002's Note - (1) There will be quite a lot of coming and going in the summer. (2) It will be fine. (3) Chelsea managed the situation with both de Bruyne and Lukaku perfectly.}