Ronaldo scores headers and has broad shoulders. That makes him a more complete footballer.
Lionel Messi
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Ronaldo scores headers and has broad shoulders. That makes him a more complete footballer.
I was going to point that out yesterday. We don't play those balls in behind often enough for some reason - (the runs or movement in behind is probably to blame for that). Although, i don't see many of our players even thinking about attempting some of these passes as they lack the ability/confidence to even try something out of the ordinary which is very concerning.
Where have BBC got this stat of him having 36 assists in his 20 games this year. Considering they've scored 49 times(quick calculation giving sub on/off apps) with him on, and he's scored 18 of them......I wouldn't be overly bothered if they weren't actually highlighting it in one article.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25912393
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25912393
Well, he assisted himself in 5 goals. He's that good.
The only way to stop Messi:
That's ridiculous.
That's guy's in love with Messi.
Didn't even get sent off.
It looks like a soft cushion
FFS Clearly no faith in his Sociedad teammates there. Understandably so.I prefer Ronaldo, but Messi is the only player who gets that on his highlight reels. Calamitous, yet amazing!
Right in front of the ref, as well. Not sure how you can't give a straight red there, nowhere near football
That's never a red card though.
Clear yellow for sabotaging the play but how can that be a red card? It's a clear cut, professional foul, nothing dangerous.
I thought the first guy was pathetic enough but the second took it to another level.
I don't see how wrapping up someone and taking them to the ground like a wrestling maneuver is professional football, in any interpretation of the game. It's a tackle alright, just not a football one
Aye, but it's still never a red card.
I promise you you'll never see a ref send someone of for that.
Nice sequence of photos, notice Leo with hie eye on the ball the entire time
It's not dangerous or preventing a clear goalscoring opportunity, therefore it's a yellow card.
Law 12 (red card offense):
Did not do any of those. It was a ridiculous foul, but still only merits a yellow. If I was in control of the rules I would have no problem dishing out a red.
- Serious foul play (a violent foul)
- Violent conduct (any other act of violence) e.g. assaulting the referee.
- Spitting at anyone or another player
- A deliberate handling offense to deny an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by any player other than a goalkeeper in his own penalty area
- Committing an offence that denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (informally known as a professional foul)
- Using offensive, insulting or abusive language or gestures
- Receiving a second caution (yellow card) in the same game
Did not do any of those. It was a ridiculous foul, but still only merits a yellow. If I was in control of the rules I would have no problem dishing out a red.
Why?
It's a ridiculous foul but never a red card.
He's made no attempt to play the ball, has he? Red card.
It's just the same as loads of fouls, desperate professional foul whilst he's in a dangerous position. If anything rugby tackling him to the ground is probably safer than tripping him.
Making no attempt to play the ball doesn't equal a red card.
When it's as bloody obvious as that foul it should be. He's not attempting to play the game at all.
And that's a yellow card. Loads of players do the same, albeit a bit more subtly than here.
There's a lot of blurred lines with fouls like this I suppose. Had he raised his elbow or led with his head or something similarly retarded it'd would've been a red.
That's what I was about to say. Maybe it bizarrely shows a sign of respect. It's certainly better rugby tackling him to the ground than trying to hack his legs away.
Because it's a rugby tackle, not a football tackle, that's why.
Shirt pulling isn't a football tackle either. Yellow card though.
I'd go along with that, it shows no intention to play the game or even pretend to play it - off.
That's a yellow in my opinion. He has no intention of playing the ball, but it's not a reckless challenge and it is merely disrupting a potential goal-scoring opportunity for Barcelona.
A reckless challenge would still be yellow though.
Its a professional foul and thus a yellow. Rugby tackle, football tackle, doesnt really matter.
Urgh. I said it doesn't break any of the rules in the laws, so it was a yellow. But if I was to judge whether I would personally give it a red, then I would. It's an unbelievably stupid tackle which had no intention on winning the ball, but instead completely obstructs Messi from doing absolutely anything. Read my posts before trying to correct me.
Where does it say that rugby tackles are red cards in the football rulebook then?
The only way to stop Messi:
To be fair that's better than trying to stop him with some idiotic sliding tackle or trying to kill his achilles.
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