Barcelona Vs Chelsea

[Babak agha]

agha babak ghorbunet beram baba. che ajab 1nafar harfe hesabi mizane inja

chakeretim ardi...
I must say that I didn't have a favorite to win this match, but after the 2008 final I wished that Chelsea could get their revenge somehow. Now I think they've been f*cked over again, this time also by the ref besides themselves.

The 2008 Final, Nice clip:

[shayan20]

The eto'o one is definitely a penalty, no question about it. An absolute penalty. Ballack shoots the ball, Eto'o turns around and brings up both his arms in the line of the ball. He stopped the ball with his arms, and no way that was not intentional. The ball didn't hit his arm, his arm hit the ball, 100% penalty. Funny thing is that the ref was only 3 or 4 meters away from it.


you don't even have to hit play, the frame were it's stopped says it all.
look at were the ball is, what Eto'o is doing and where the ref stands, where he's looking...
After seeing this frame it's shocking that he didn'tblew his whistle .

dude, he's protecting his face from getting F***.
plus ballack's shot was going into the stands anyway.
the only one of those penalty claims that was penalty is the pique handball. the rest are all bs.
actually craig foster agrees with me on this.
i will upload the video soon for the proof.

agha babak ghorbunet beram baba. che ajab 1nafar harfe hesabi mizane inja

[Babak agha]

^ no mate, he wouldnt have survived this long. woulda died 16 hours ago

Lol yeah, you're are right.

Although the ref just sucked, if he wanted Barca to win he wouldn't red carded them.

[Babak agha]

meh i wouldn't call it
and you cant say it was intentional.... look at the distance from ballack to him, he clearly didn't want to get shot in the face with a hard ball... his hands were already in air, he swiveled hips, turned... the ball hit him not even up to the elbow... not a "HAND" ball from what i just saw

A hand ball is everything from the shoulder bellow, the should have called it arm ball, but that's a whole other thing.
Anyways, just look carefully what happens. When the replay starts hit the pause button and look at it in slow motion. then you can see that Eto'o is looking at the ball even before Ballack has even hit it. He's looking at it and already knows the line of the ball. Then he starts putting his arms in the AIR and not near his head, also even before Ballack has hit the ball. Just after Ballack hits the ball his hands are already in the line of the ball and not near his head to protect his head. He remains keeping his arms that way till after the ball has hit his arms.
If that just was a reflex, first off all his whole arm would be around his head to protect it properly and second off all the action would have started atleast after Ballack had hit the ball.
And even if it was a reflex still it should have been a penalty as his arms weren't around his head but in the air. So the ball didn't hit his arm, but his arm hit the ball. That's when you give a penalty even if it was just a reflex.
And the ref was watching the whole thing.

the ref was bad for both sides, not just chelsea...

[Ali]

^ no mate, he wouldnt have survived this long. woulda died 16 hours ago

[Babak agha]

i see, thank you
conspiracy theory here: u think the ref was instructed to assist, if possible, barca to win to avoid repeating last year's final which would also be an all english final?

Well SH, I now that if Chelsea was Iran and Barca was Saudi, we were on our way to kill the ref now.

[TruePersian]

The eto'o one is definitely a penalty, no question about it. An absolute penalty. Ballack shoots the ball, Eto'o turns around and brings up both his arms in the line of the ball. He stopped the ball with his arms, and no way that was not intentional. The ball didn't hit his arm, his arm hit the ball, 100% penalty. Funny thing is that the ref was only 3 or 4 meters away from it.

Proof: look from 1.00



you don't even have to hit play, the frame were it's stopped says it all.

meh i wouldn't call it
and you cant say it was intentional.... look at the distance from ballack to him, he clearly didn't want to get shot in the face with a hard ball... his hands were already in air, he swiveled hips, turned... the ball hit him not even up to the elbow... not a "HAND" ball from what i just saw

The eto'o one is definitely a penalty, no question about it. An absolute penalty. Ballack shoots the ball, Eto'o turns around and brings up both his arms in the line of the ball. He stopped the ball with his arms, and no way that was not intentional. The ball didn't hit his arm, his arm hit the ball, 100% penalty. Funny thing is that the ref was only 3 or 4 meters away from it.

repped

[ShahHouman]

yep houman jan. 2 clear pk not called ...the 3rd..well some would call it and some wouldn't

i see, thank you



conspiracy theory here: u think the ref was instructed to assist, if possible, barca to win to avoid repeating last year's final which would also be an all english final?

[Babak agha]

The eto'o one is definitely a penalty, no question about it. An absolute penalty. Ballack shoots the ball, Eto'o turns around and brings up both his arms in the line of the ball. He stopped the ball with his arms, and no way that was not intentional. The ball didn't hit his arm, his arm hit the ball, 100% penalty. Funny thing is that the ref was only 3 or 4 meters away from it.

Proof: look from 1.00



you don't even have to hit play, the frame were it's stopped says it all.
look at were the ball is, what Eto'o is doing and where the ref stands, where he's looking...
After seeing this frame it's shocking that he didn'tblew his whistle .

yep houman jan. 2 clear pk not called ...the 3rd..well some would call it and some wouldn't

[ShahHouman]

y0 guys, i had to work and couldnt watch the match, can someone tell me y chelsea is so upset? where there a lot of penalties not called? i dont get it
thanks

[Suprah]

Using the same tactic over and over again makes teams predictable, esp. against those teams that know how to deal with them and take their chances.

Adaptability wins football teams trophies consistently