Other Sports: Soccer/Football Thread Part Six

[Fire Tortorella]

omg Man U

 

[BigToe]

AAAAH

 

[Striiker]

One extremely poor decision which we simply cannot accept.

We warned the PGMOL that the VAR is a ManU fan before the game but they didn’t change him.

Our patience has been tested multiple times. Coventry will now consider its options.

 

[BigToe]

Weak

 

[BigToe]

little Coventry fan with the double middle fingers lmao

 

[FLYguy3911]

Just can't beat em.

 

[Starat327]

How? Does any other sport assign reffing assignments based on their fandom or hometown?

To your point it's extremely petty - they did get robbed today but that speaks more to VAR in general.

By making terrible refereeing decisions all season long and not holding their people accountable to said bad decisions.

I don't give a shit about the referees personal Fandom. I assume they can vet that out somehow and if not, shame on the individual for not being able to impartially do their job. Truth be told, I'd rather that than just blatantly being incapable of actually doing your job, which was the case today and many other days this season.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

This unbeaten run by Leverkusen is amazing.

 

[Jack Straw]

This unbeaten run by Leverkusen is amazing.

I figured if there was a game they were likely to lose it would be this one. But then yet another late goal. It's crazy.

 

[Striiker]

@Captain Dave Poulin this f***in guy, I swear

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

@Captain Dave Poulin this f***in guy, I swear

Holy f***


By the way, anyone who doesn't understand the state of officiating in the Premier League and mistakenly thinks the statement from Forest was "petty," let me give you another example of something that is going on.


The owner of Manchester City, Sheikh Mansour, serves as the Vice President of the UAE. Premier League referees (including the four below) have been 'freelancing' in the UAE, raising questions about a potential conflict of interest.

Michael Oliver
Darren England
Dan Cook
Stuart Burt

...

Arsenal - Manchester City
Referee: Michael Oliver

Incident 1:
Kovačić started off with a rash tackle on Ødegaard, resulting in a yellow card. VAR intervened to review the tackle for a potential red card, but Kovačić narrowly escaped with just a caution.

Incident 2: Five minutes later, Kovačić committed another late tackle from behind, this time on Declan Rice. Despite calls from Arsenal players for a second booking, referee Michael Oliver chose to ignore the appeals.

...

Tottenham - Liverpool
VAR: Darren England
AVAR: Dan Cook

The two VAR referees responsible for Luis Díaz's wrongfully disallowed goal, Darren England and Dan Cook, had been in the UAE less than 24 hours prior to the match. Despite Díaz being in an onside position, he was deemed offside by the linesman, the on-field referee, and the VAR officials. Goal disallowed.

Additionally, they received two questionable red cards during the match. Liverpool ultimately lost the game in overtime.

...

Manchester City - Fulham
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistant referees: Stuart Burt and Dan Cook

When Nathan Ake scored a goal against Fulham, most viewers anticipated it would be ruled out for offside. Akanji was seen jumping away from the ball while being in an offside position, seemingly interfering with play. Despite a thorough VAR check, the referee's decision to award the goal stood.

PGMOL Chief Howard Webb later said that the goal had been incorrectly awarded, with Akanji deemed to have obstructed Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno's vision from an offside position.

...

Liverpool - Manchester City
Referee: Michael Oliver

In overtime of a potential title-deciding match, Mac Allister leaned into the path of the ball as Doku attempted to kick it away. The ball made contact with Mac Allister's body before Doku's studs hit him in the chest. Despite the incident, referee Michael Oliver allowed play to continue.

Following a brief VAR review, no penalty was awarded.

...

Manchester United - Manchester City
VAR: Michael Oliver
AVAR: Stuart Burt

Manchester City were awarded a penalty after Rasmus Højlund was penalized for holding Rodri in the box during a free-kick, a rare decision in such situations.

Initially, referee Paul Tierney waved play on, but VAR referee Michael Oliver intervened, instructing Tierney to stop the game for a review. Following the review, a penalty was awarded to Manchester City.

...

Manchester City - Chelsea, FA Cup SF
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistant referee: Stuart Burt
Assistant referee: Dan Cook
Fourth official: Darren England

Cole Palmer takes a free kick. The ball deflects off Grealish's hand and goes out for a corner. It's a clear penalty, but the referee disagrees.

One of the worst incidents yet, as all four referees who had previously freelanced in the UAE were involved. Chelsea was never going to win this game, no matter how well they played.



https://twitter.com/francoisplateau

 

[Striiker]

@Jack Straw finally caught up on the game and I think we can agree that Dortmund should officially be recognized as the co-league-winner, since both Leverkusen/Dortmund games this year were 1-1 ties.

 

[Jack Straw]

@Jack Straw finally caught up on the game and I think we can agree that Dortmund should officially be recognized as the co-league-winner, since both Leverkusen/Dortmund games this year were 1-1 ties.

 

[Jack Straw]

@Jack Straw finally caught up on the game and I think we can agree that Dortmund should officially be recognized as the co-league-winner, since both Leverkusen/Dortmund games this year were 1-1 ties.

Going in I did expect BVB to win that game, with Leverkusen wrapping up the league last weekend and then having a tough mid-week game against W Ham. But never doubt Florian Wirtz.

 

[Starat327]

@Jack Straw finally caught up on the game and I think we can agree that Dortmund should officially be recognized as the co-league-winner, since both Leverkusen/Dortmund games this year were 1-1 ties.

I like this methodology.

 

[Striiker]

Going in I did expect BVB to win that game, wrapping up the league last weekend and then a tough mid-week game against W Ham. But never doubt Florian Wirtz.

Yeah, the game was kinda pointless because neither team was at full strength or really had anything to play for.

Leverkusen already won the league, Dortmund is already virtually guaranteed a CL spot, Dortmund is missing two of their best players, and Leverkusen sat some of their top guys.

 

[Striiker]

I'm in favor of pretty much anything anti-ref so hells yeah

 

[FLYguy3911]

Can they just relegate Chelsea?

 

[FLYguy3911]

Point night.

 

[BigToe]

I need a White hatty

 

[Curufinwe]

Chelsea without Palmer this season would be relegation fodder

 

[Striiker]

Can they just relegate Chelsea?

Chelsea did the Havertz SBC

 

[FLYguy3911]

Chelsea did the Havertz SBC

I was jokingly going to say he’d get the boost after the Chelsea game.

 

[Striiker]

I was jokingly going to say he’d get the boost after the Chelsea game.

One more goal… damn, so close

 

[Halladay]

I think City win out though if this Arsenal team in the league has been the best team. Underwhelming in Europe as always though.