he's hilarious 
He's the embodiment of the 'Italian defender' stereotype.
His thrown-ins would make Tony Pullis weak at the knees.
He's really bad at acting isn't he? Awful timing, too.
Left footed Puyol type. Epic player
True. One of those cut your throat with a knife when nobody sees then cry if you push me type. Can't stand guys like that.
Yep.
Embarrassing from a player I rate highly and generally like up till recently. Refs should punish acting and cheating otherwise games are becoming a circus.
If VAR was used to cut down on diving and acting it would make the game so much better.
I swear in other replay i thought he was kicked in the back.
Nothing new from Chiellini. He's a dirty and cheating player. Atlético player also made a lot of out of it.
Does not even need to be VAR during the game. The football authorities should be able to review stuff like this after the game and hand out punishments.
Puyol was an honest defender. Chiellini is a cheat.
He's a horrible cheat and an embarrassment to the sport. Great defender but it's a shame there's players like him.
I wish referees would just start to give yellow cards for the stuff he does. Falls over from a little push from Morata and what is he doing in that gif?
A great defender though... really good player but annoying to watch his acting. A bit like Ramos but Chiellini is a world class defender.
A great defender though... really good player but annoying to watch his acting. A bit like Ramos but Chiellini is a world class defender.
Absolute leader Imperial.
True, and that should be something to look for. A young Chiellini type...
So why wasn’t VAR used there? Clear penalty..
This is quite a transition. I always thought he was a Puyol-like character with a strong "no nonsense" attitude. Had in mind he reacted quite well when being bitten by Suarez and handled it without the usual drama, both during and after the match.
But today he was really pathetic. Does he behave like that regularly or was this a one off?
But today he was really pathetic. Does he behave like that regularly or was this a one off?
Not a one off but it's not common either. Mandzukic was too calm so I guess he had to balance it out.
Imagine Neymar doing the stuff he did yesterday.
No?? He fully went in & charged him In the box haha
I thought it was a penalty - he definitely blocked the run more than he thought he was going to.
What would have been more interesting however is, if a dive can result in the awarding of a freekick to the other team, then why couldn't it result in a penalty? If it wasn't a foul, it was definitely a dive.
What would have been more interesting however is, if a dive can result in the awarding of a freekick to the other team, then why couldn't it result in a penalty? If it wasn't a foul, it was definitely a dive.
Not for me, also the ball was long gone. He wouldn't have reached it even if Chiellini wasn't there.
Brilliant defender. Huge will to win at all costs. Dark arts an all that.
The fact that he boils so many fans piss because he's a 'cheat' makes him even better. This guy can play as well, he's easily the best in the world for me.
That doesn't make something not a foul though, does it?
No, that was more of an afterthought. I don't think it was a foul initially, but even if it was it didn't take away a goal scoring chance. Anyway, the VAR panel would have seen it and made the call if it was deemed a foul.
Yea, that's fair enough. I just think if that happens anywhere else on the pitch then a ref gives a foul for it 9 times out of 10.
He is closer to Pepe than Pyoul. Tries to kill other players while cheats as much as Neymar.
I can hear the whistle goes before the incident. At 0.01 in the Twitter Clip.
The living embodiment of a shithouse, great CB and the type of player you love if he's yours but the fans of every other team loathe. He is embarrassing when he throws himself to the floor in those square up situations though, it just looks so bad for such a big, imposing guy.
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He's utterly pathetic.
As pathetic as his play acting was, Atletico's shithousery deserved Chiellini's antics as a counter balance.
His defensive diving is so melodramatic and obvious but it seems to work somehow.
He had three separate dives thatwere so bad he was lucky not to injury himself from them. I won’t bother with the ‘I think cheating is cool’-people on here, but it really grates me when refs don’t yellow card stuff like that. Juventus were obviously deserved victors and Atletico also didn’t deserve advancement, but it angers me whe I see a referee not using the tools he is given to remove diving and time-wasting: cards and added time.
One dive is fine, get a yellow and shut up. To dive 3 times in one minute was absolutely pathetic and embarrassing. The ref was too lenient.
He seems to be diving every game in the CL nowadays, desperate to win it.
He seems to be diving every game in the CL nowadays, desperate to win it.