Ok fair enough, but he was awarded the game and he got all the decisions right in this match. So next time maybe, he's a little bit more deserving for making the right call in the heat of the situation. So I expect you to be less critical of him when he officiates the next match? Or maybe you are a barcelona fan who is sick to his stomach because Madrid won?
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Ok fair enough, but he was awarded the game and he got all the decisions right in this match. So next time maybe, he's a little bit more deserving for making the right call in the heat of the situation. So I expect you to be less critical of him when he officiates the next match? Or maybe you are a barcelona fan who is sick to his stomach because Madrid won?
If that would be the case then feck football - it'll not be the game I always loved. And feck the people taking the beautiful game away from us in the name of "better decisions"
Yep love Buffon but he acted like a complete twat and deserved his red.
Really a shame that match ended on that but Oliver can't be faulted for the call. Maybe could have avoided carding Buffon but can't expect sympathy there.
WTF was benatia thinking.
WTF was benatia thinking.
Ronaldo took the penalty in the 97th minute. Game ended in 98th minute?
Red for Buffon, 50/50 pen. I feel like we got robbed from an epic ending. feck Oliver.
Shame you never loved it enough to bother learning the laws though...
I don’t support Barca, fishy.
Feck Oliver. Made the right calls on both though. Stonewall pen and then red for Buffon was easy after he reacts like that
He kicked the ball, he didn't even touch him with his leg, it wasn't anything close to dangerous.
Ok, let me rephrase
Ok fair enough, but he was awarded the game and he got all the decisions right in this match. So next time maybe, he's a little bit more deserving for making the right call in the heat of the situation. So I expect you to be less critical of him when he officiates the next match? Or maybe you are a football fan who doesn't like Madrid and who is sick to his stomach because Madrid won?
But that's already the game you've been watching and loving. It's not like VAR would suddenly make it a foul, it's a foul as is. They haven't suddenly reinvented what constitutes a penalty.
Arrogant comment. Please explain to me what in the laws that makes it such a penalty then
It was his last Champions League game. He'd seen his team do the impossible. And then they get a penalty against them in the last minute or the game. He's a human fecking being, not a robot.
There was hardly any time left before the penalty, so once he'd taken it (after Juve had finished protesting) there was hardly any time left?
So they added on 3 mins.
Two minutes were accounted for prior to the penalty and red incident.
They played for a further 50 seconds or so and the ball went out for a Madrid goal kick.
It was appropriate to call time in the game break there.
This is not a penalty ffs. This happens soo many times in the penalty area and is never given. Rightfully so. If this is the standard, then physical football seems almost gone. A slight touch, go down, penalty. That would be the case if this is to be the standard.
I have no idea who the player was, but a Madrid player basically got clothes lined in the first half off the ball and nothing happened.
Oliver was letting Juventus get away with a lot, only giving yellow cards for cynical hacking down. I have no idea how Benatio even stayed on the pitch to make that challenge. Ronaldo also got away with multiple dives.
It was just a horribly officiated game. I have no doubt that Oliver gave the penalty because he wanted the attention all on him, he does this so often that it can't be a coincidence. He just happened to get the right decision this time. There have been countless times that Oliver has done something like this and got it wrong; its bordering on guesswork.
It looked a pretty clear cut pen to me.
It comes off Vasquez's chest and then Benetia kicks him.
But I can understand why people think it's not a pen if they think Benetia played the ball.
He is the captain. Oliver kept trying to hide from him instead of manning the feck up and calm him down head on as the main authority on the pitch. Being cornered, Oliver got triggered by so called assault then pulled the red. Look more like abusing his power while has no skill to control the situation/ game. Doesn't sound unfamiliar, does it?
What's your point?
I'm discussing why it was right to send Buffon off. He behaved like a feckwit and the red got pulled. Good decisions all round.
Prick.
Did he book Ronaldo for his Magic Mike moment?
It is hardly a "kick".
He hardly touches the guy, both with his hands and his legs. It's soft as it gets.
If that was against United, the resident United fans would expect a penalty there.
I’m not entirely sure how anyone can think otherwise. I understand the view that it’s soft, but a decision to award a foul isn’t bad on soft or hard...it’s about what actually happened.
I’m not entirely sure how anyone can think otherwise. I understand the view that it’s soft, but a decision to award a foul isn’t bad on soft or hard...it’s about what actually happened.
I really just don't see how he kicks him. Seen it from all angles. He kicks out for the ball and his leg slightly hits Vasquez arm, but he doesn't kick him in a way that makes a penalty to me. When you watch it from the angle at 3:54 in this video it seems very very soft
The point is if he's sending Buffon he needs to send them all. His decision was always going to infuriate the Juventus players because of what happened in the previous 93 minutes.
He was far too quick to his red card. He could have given him a yellow and then a second yellow if he continued.
Yes, but please let us know where precisely there is a touch/kick hard enough to make it a penalty then. See my above post and check that angle. He barely touches him. Neither with his hands first or his "kick" afterwards.
I wouldn't have given it. Oliver definitely wants to be recognized though so his ego will be bigger tonight.
How are people calling this a stone well pen. It’s soft as feck. Not a complete brainfart to give a pen, but Vasquez went down like a little girl.
Why didn't he send the other players then?
Does Oliver even know who actually pushed him? It looks like multiple Juventus players push and shouted at him.
By the 'laws of the game' he should have sent off 2-3 Juventus players, but he didn't.
It's obvious Oliver makes up the rules as he goes along, since he applies the rules differently in the space of a few seconds.
By the 'laws of the game' he should have sent off 2-3 Juventus players, but he didn't.
It's obvious Oliver makes up the rules as he goes along, since he applies the rules differently in the space of a few seconds.
Buffon was the only one physically shoving him around wasn't he?
The cafs hate for Madrid has blinded its judgement. Thats the easiest Penalty call of the century. Had it been madrid defender clobbering a Juve attacker like that and no call giving this place would have been up in arms. Get over it . Oliver is a dick head but he got it spot on, and it wasnt even a brave call.
Oliver was pushed by multiple Juventus players before Buffon even came into the picture. Then Buffon came in and went ballistic at him.
He should have sent off at least another Juventus player if he was being fair.
So, he was lenient towards Juve then? I can't just keep up anymore.
Hm, fair enough, looked like Buffon was the one going full Hulk but at worst Oliver should have sent off more Juve players.