Very good overall, with some very dumb moves - the goal he tried to nick from Ronaldo, and the lob he missed. If even with these dumb moves we still consider a very good performance then you can be certain he did play well, was rather electric.
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Very good overall, with some very dumb moves - the goal he tried to nick from Ronaldo, and the lob he missed. If even with these dumb moves we still consider a very good performance then you can be certain he did play well, was rather electric.
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I'd allow the goal if I was ref, claiming the ball had crossed the line even though it didn't. Just because everybody in the world knows it would've gone in either way.
FFS, just noticed Nani isn't offside, the Spanish defender lying down bottom left puts him onside.
The offside rule shouldn't apply when you don't benefit from being offside, like here (except he's not offside, of course). Or would this rule change have horrible unintended consequences that I have overlooked?
Allowing the goal to stand? It's illegal to score against Fabregas.
Don't eat that Nani
Nani
I'd allow the goal if I was ref, claiming the ball had crossed the line even though it didn't. Just because everybody in the world knows it would've gone in either way.
FFS, just noticed Nani isn't offside, the Spanish defender lying down bottom left puts him onside.
Really shit decision.
Over the line, and if not he still wasn't offside. Ah well shit happens, that surely wasn't intentional from Nan.
Over the line, and if not he still wasn't offside. Ah well shit happens, that surely wasn't intentional from Nan.
I'd say it probably was.
It was an amazing goal though, just shows the technique and ability Ronaldo has, which we don't often see at Real Madrid anymore.
Sums up the Ronaldo/Nani non goal.
A former Manchester United player, skinning another former Manchester United player, before being screwed by a current Manchester United player
A former Manchester United player, skinning another former Manchester United player, before being screwed by a current Manchester United player
Brilliant goal, has everything.
Great skill, cheekiest of finishes, Nani fecking everything up and Ronaldo throwing a strop.
Love it. That it was wrongly disallowed makes it even better.
Great skill, cheekiest of finishes, Nani fecking everything up and Ronaldo throwing a strop.
Love it. That it was wrongly disallowed makes it even better.
fantastic goal, its on front of yahoo now
What was he at trying the rob the goal in the first place? I actually felt a bit sorry for Ronaldo, but then laughed at his reaction anyway.
The ref? Agreed. Its clearly over the line and although Nani is probably just offside, he's not interfering with play till the goal is already scored.
Regardless of whether or not the referees got the decision right or not, Nani attempted to rob the goal when it was clearly going in. That was a stupid thing to do on his part.
its hard to steal a goal when the ball is already in the net
Do you actually think that he did not try to steal the goal? If he was only kicking the ball in for effect, he would have waited until the ball went more than an inch over the line. Don't be so naive. It is blatantly obvious that he was trying to steal the goal.
Ronaldo talking on Thursday night.
There was also talk of how he feels about Nani, after the Manchester United star robbed Ronaldo of a wonder goal this week by needlessly heading home from an offside position. "I'm better today than I was yesterday," explained Ronaldo. "Yesterday I was, how do you say, very pissed!"
I don't blame him! Though he did defend Nani, stating that the ball was over the line when the header was made and how it upsets him when officials get these things wrong, while also bringing up a similar situation goal line decision error from two years ago. Despite his free-scoring way, this is not a man who wants to be denied a single strike.
Meeting Ronaldo... - Australian FourFourTwo - The Ultimate Football Website
I think the reference to disallowed goals was this:
So that's two highlights reel classics for Portugal - that weren't.
There was also talk of how he feels about Nani, after the Manchester United star robbed Ronaldo of a wonder goal this week by needlessly heading home from an offside position. "I'm better today than I was yesterday," explained Ronaldo. "Yesterday I was, how do you say, very pissed!"
I don't blame him! Though he did defend Nani, stating that the ball was over the line when the header was made and how it upsets him when officials get these things wrong, while also bringing up a similar situation goal line decision error from two years ago. Despite his free-scoring way, this is not a man who wants to be denied a single strike.
Meeting Ronaldo... - Australian FourFourTwo - The Ultimate Football Website
I think the reference to disallowed goals was this:
So that's two highlights reel classics for Portugal - that weren't.
It was almost a yard over the line.
Either you think he knew where he was and what he was doing, heading the ball just for the sake of it knowing it was already a goal,
or you think he didnt know his bearings, didnt know the ball was over the line, didnt know for sure it was going over the line and a player in that position should always finish it just in case.
I think in this case its the first one. There are reasons to believe its the second one.
There was nobody near him. He knew exactly what he was doing and it was idiotic. Obviously it should not have been disallowed, but that's not the point. It was a stupid think to do and it cost Ronaldo a brilliant goal. There was no need for it.