Champions League Thread 2023/2024

[Nalis]

Absolute joke of a penalty

[st albans fox]

Just now, goody2028 said:

That’s a shocker. 

More uefa nonsense 

surely it’s the same handball law ?  Wouldn’t be a pen in the PL 

[Langston]

Also I don’t watch European football and have no idea if this Barcola chap is highly rated but he’s going out of his way to miss chances

[Arkie Bennett]

No way a penalty. It won my punt on PSG to score next, but utterly ridiculous.

[Lionator]

Saudi about to threaten to make Qatar an island again. 

[FrankieADZ]

that is an awful penalty decision in the PSG game, clear as day hit his chest first too

 

VAR as a whole just stinks atm, nothing but pure corruption of football atm imo

[Nalis]

4 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

More uefa nonsense 

surely it’s the same handball law ?  Wouldn’t be a pen in the PL 

I thought so, unless its different in europe compared to the premier league?

[AjcW]

Makes a mockery of such a good performance, full 90 played by a group that have got barely anything in the tank, given their all and that’s how you get rewarded.

 

Whats the point? Keep me in the championship, don’t want this shit again. 

Edited 28 November 2023 by AjcW

[trabuch]

Bad penalty decision. Fair result though.

[Lionator]

UEFA couldn't not have Mbappe in the last 16. Mr referee will be getting a good pay cheque from the Qatari bank tonight. Disgusting cheating especially against an underdog. 

[AjcW]

2 minutes ago, trabuch said:

Bad penalty decision. Fair result though.

How? Most expensive squad ever assembled can’t break down a team that could barely put an eleven together let alone a squad? 
 

Dont care how dominant you are, you don’t ”deserve” points/ to win if you can’t score. 

Edited 28 November 2023 by AjcW

[Langston]

Darren Fletcher cursed it the tenth time he romanticised working mens clubs in the North East.

[Hammo]

These accidental handball penalties are killing the game. Especially in Europe. UEFA instruct their refs to give all of them. It is nothing short of scandalous. The punishment is way out of proportion for the supposed ‘crime’. Time for everyone in authority to have a rethink on this one. Sooner rather than later.

[Fear Of The Fox]

If they don't fix the offside and handball rules and make them like they were in the 90s football is done. A lot of fans are fed up, they'll just stop following the sport. As fans we don't mind mistakes but this whole thing now is fully corrupted and we know it. 

Do they think we'll continue supporting this farce with our money? Let them play in front of celebrities, TikTokers and YouTubers. 

[Corky]

Cannot believe he was sent to the monitor, they used one angle from behind (which still showed it hit his chest) and he gave the penalty. Disgraceful.

[adejo92]

Baring in mind Newcastle should have been about 5-1 down if PSG could actually finish, a draw is probably the least PSG deserve.

 

Cruel way to go about it though as there is no way that's a Penalty.

[Dan LCFC]

This is what they've done to your sport. Every ground in the country should be like Goodison weekly.

[RowlattsFox]

Penalties for any handball unless it denies a clear goalscoring opportunity is a ridiculous reward for the offence. 

 

I'm not surprised it's given, seen some similarly terrible handball shouts in European competitions, sick of 'top' level football. 

[Chelmofox]

2 hours ago, FrankieADZ said:

and their fans think they'd do decent in the premier league

Nice to see he gets the black suit and tie out from time to time. 

[GingerrrFox]

Professional football is corrupt. VAR was brought in to help the “elite clubs”. The football public need to wake up and say it for what it is.

[Wymsey]

Am genuinely interested to know how some of the VAR lines are drawn from certain angles..

[Super_horns]

Soon be all handballs given like any contact with the foot in hockey .

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Binned off my BT/TNT subscription in the summer so haven't watched any CL football this season. Not missed it one bit.

[adam]

The handball law is a joke. What was wrong with the old deliberate rule? Football is a mess.

[Nod.E]

Even if it isn't a deliberate ploy to aid the rich teams, daft interpretations like that of the handball rule do benefit them purely on the basis better teams are more likely to find themselves in the box more often. More opportunity for the ball to graze somebody's fingernail so they can have a circle jerk over whether it should be a penalty or not.

 

I fail to believe so many officials are this incompetent. I believe they're incompetent, but this? Nah. Somebody powerful wants it to be like this.