Matterazzi

Ronan|Raven · 19-02-2008 09:17PM #1

Very harsh sending off.

tinofapples · 19-02-2008 09:17PM

Defo a victim of his reputation tonight. Two very soft yellow cards tonight resulting in his marching orders.

The ref must be a friend of Rafa's.

Ronan|Raven · 19-02-2008 09:18PM

I sense a disruption in the force...

Guy:Incognito · 19-02-2008 09:18PM

Doesnt take people long does it?

Nothing wrong with the yellows. i the had happened in 2 seperate games no one would care. The ref is applying the letter of the law where others would let players away with a 2nd yellow card offence so as not to send him off. Torres was running him a bit ragged and he chose to pull out of him rather than defend.

grames_bond · 19-02-2008 09:19PM

WAY to early for a red, gonna ruin the competitiveness of the game, very weak red aswell, they were in no way to stone wall yellows!

Sqaull20 · 19-02-2008 09:20PM

Torres worked very hard...

Vieira should be on in a while

A Dub in Glasgo · 19-02-2008 09:21PM

Terrible yellows and terrible sending off. The ref has ruined the game with that

Mr. Presentable · 19-02-2008 09:21PM

Comment from the BBC

Hmmm. Old Marco can consider himself a tad unlucky tonight. Maybe the Karma police have finally caught up with him.

2014: RED CARD
Marco Materazzi, once of Everton, picks up his second yellow. Both cards came after fouls on Torres. In the defender's defence I'd have to say there did not seem to be that much in either challenge.

Villain · 19-02-2008 09:22PM

Stekelly wrote: »

Doesnt take people long does it?

Nothing wrong with the yellows. i the had happened in 2 seperate games no one would care. The ref is applying the letter of the law where others would let players away with a 2nd yellow card offence so as not to send him off. Torres was running him a bit ragged and he chose to pull out of him rather than defend.

LOL take off those red tinted glasses. If Hypia was sent off for the same you would have a very different point of view.

Guy:Incognito · 19-02-2008 09:24PM

Villain wrote: »

LOL take off those red tinted glasses. If Hypia was sent off for the same you would have a very different point of view.

He pulled Torres because he got past him and Mterazzi didnt fancy chasing. It's a cynical foul and deserves a yellow. Even if he hadnt been sent off that time he'd habe done it another few times when Torres made **** of him and get sent off then anyway.

purple'n'gold · 19-02-2008 09:24PM

Never should have been sent off, hopefully Inter will sit back and destroy the game and beat them in the return leg.

Pepe LeFrits · 19-02-2008 09:25PM

The first one certainly wasn't a yellow anyway.

Materazzi is still a clown, mind you.

Woeful game, just switched off.

Villain · 19-02-2008 09:27PM

Stekelly wrote: »

He pulled Torres because he got past him and Mterazzi didnt fancy chasing. It's a cynical foul and deserves a yellow. Even if he hadnt been sent off that time he'd habe done it another few times when Torres made **** of him and get sent off then anyway.

Do you actually watch soccer on a regular basis or have you actually played the game? those kind of tackles happen a dozen times in every game and you would never get a yellow for one of them, two or 3 of them and you might get one yellow but getting two yellow's for those tackles is laughable and I think its very sad if you can't see that.

Sqaull20 · 19-02-2008 09:28PM

purplengold wrote: »

Never should have been sent off, hopefully Inter will sit back and destroy the game and beat them in the return leg.

Yep Torres could regret not staying on his feet/playing for it, no doubt creating a siege mentality for Inter...

Inter will defo have them at the San Siro.

Provided they get an ok result tonight..

cooker3 · 19-02-2008 09:30PM

The first one was a dive from Torrres, second one was fair enough

andrewie · 19-02-2008 09:36PM

Second one was fair? Watch it again from the last angle..

very poor from Torres

tinofapples · 19-02-2008 09:39PM

Nothing wrong with the yellows.The ref is applying the letter of the law where others would let players away with a 2nd yellow card offence so as not to send him off.

Had Jamie or Sammi been the offenders i suspect you might have had a different opinion, come on it was too early for the second yellow (meaning a red). Give the lad a chance. He probably wouldn't have seen the 90 minute mark anyway.

DSB · 19-02-2008 09:39PM

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Terrible yellows and terrible sending off. The ref has ruined the game with that

Agreed.

Guy:Incognito · 19-02-2008 09:39PM

Villain wrote: »

Do you actually watch soccer on a regular basis or have you actually played the game? those kind of tackles happen a dozen times in every game and you would never get a yellow for one of them, two or 3 of them and you might get one yellow but getting two yellow's for those tackles is laughable and I think its very sad if you can't see that.

Hadnt seen the first one properly till now and that wasnt a yellow. Doesnt change that the 2nd one was and at that stage he cant exactly take back the yellow, especially seeing as the ref would be of the opinion he was right to card him for the first one.

tinofapples wrote: »

Had Jamie or Sammi been the offenders i suspect you might have had a different opinion, come on it was too early for the second yellow (meaning a red). Give the lad a chance. He probably wouldn't have seen the 90 minute mark anyway.

People are always giving out about the whole "it was a free outside the box but not a peno inside it" opinion of a lot of people. It cant be chopped and changed to suit. IT as a foul and a fyellow. The timing doesnt change that.

Should it be no holds brred for the first 10 mins or so of every game so as not to "ruin" it?

purple'n'gold · 19-02-2008 09:41PM

andrewie wrote: »

Second one was fair? Watch it again from the last angle..

very poor from Torres

I never realised he was such a big girl.

Villain · 19-02-2008 09:42PM

Neither were a yellow in their own right, if he hadn't been booked for the first one and did the second you could try and argue for a yellow for both but as rte showed Carragher did worse and got away scot free, as I said those type of tackles happen over and over giving two yellows was a joke and ruined a game. Inter will play for a draw now if Liverpool can't get a home advantage the pressure will be huge.

19-02-2008 09:44PM

Stekelly wrote: »

Doesnt take people long does it?

Nothing wrong with the yellows. i the had happened in 2 seperate games no one would care. The ref is applying the letter of the law where others would let players away with a 2nd yellow card offence so as not to send him off. Torres was running him a bit ragged and he chose to pull out of him rather than defend.

No. RTE even showed carragher doing the exact same thing and nothing. It was a bull**** sending off. For all the stick Ronaldo/Gerrard etc get for their diving Torres went down incredibly easy in both challenges and a few others so far tonight.

Melion · 19-02-2008 09:45PM

Very harsh red card, dont think anyone honestly disagree with that.

Guy:Incognito · 19-02-2008 09:45PM

Villain wrote: »

Neither were a yellow in their own right, if he hadn't been booked for the first one and did the second you could try and argue for a yellow for both but as rte showed Carragher did worse and got away scot free, as I said those type of tackles happen over and over giving two yellows was a joke and ruined a game. Inter will play for a draw now if Liverpool can't get a home advantage the pressure will be huge.

I dont see how Carragher did worse, he put hi arm across a player with the ball in front of him. If that was worse then shielding the ball when its running out of play(which is another thread for another day but I dont believe you should be deemed to be in control of a ball till you touch it) is a sending off . Should the inter player not have been booked or sent off for swinging Carragher around in the same incident then?

19-02-2008 09:47PM

Stekelly wrote: »

I dont see how Carragher did worse, he put hi arm across a player with the ball in front of him. If that was worse then shielding the ball when its running out of play(which is another thread for another day but I dont believe you should be deemed to be in control of a ball till you touch it) is a sending off . Should the inter player not have been booked or sent off for swinging Carragher around in the same incident then?

Should Torres have been booked for simulation? the argument goes on

Guy:Incognito · 19-02-2008 09:48PM

Deleted User wrote: »

No. RTE even showed carragher doing the exact same thing and nothing. It was a bull**** sending off. For all the stick Ronaldo/Gerrard etc get for their diving Torres went down incredibly easy in both challenges and a few others so far tonight.

The first one he was clipped, most likely wasnt intentional on Materazzi's part but it was there from what I could see (and as I said, wasnt a card). Torres tried to stay in control and fell tryign to stay on his feet getting the ball.

At the end of the day,for the 2nd one he decided to pull on Torres rather than try defend against him.

Villain · 19-02-2008 09:48PM

LOL stekelly you obviously haven't played the game or you have but are blinded by red tinted glasses.

Carragher was no where here being in control of the ball and he didn't shield the ball he wrestled the player to the ground, seriously take a step back and try and look at the incidents from a neutral point of view. Both yellows were a joke.

Villain · 19-02-2008 09:57PM

ROFL Stanovic doesn't get a yellow for clothes lining Finnan lol.

Ref - consitency? lol

Guy:Incognito · 19-02-2008 10:01PM

you can all calm down now, the ref is doing well to make up for the sending off. Personally I'd rather have the peno's thanks.

Xavi6 · 19-02-2008 10:52PM

Didn't see the game or the incident but I cracked a little smile upon seeing this. These things even out over the course of a career so it does indeed look like the karma police were out tonight. Delighted!

PHB · 19-02-2008 10:59PM

Just bad reffing the whole game, both against and for Liverpool. Stupid first yellow though.

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