Champions League 2024-25

[DonAK]

Here's a bigger question.

Do Arsenal have what it takes to take Real Madrid out? I don't see it.

 

[JamDav1982]

It's one because the first touch is still in play.

Hey, I could be wrong on this, but it used to be my job to dissect the linguistics of these statutes.

No its two.

 

[Andresito]

Here's a bigger question.

Do Arsenal have what it takes to take Real Madrid out? I don't see it.

Mikel Merino F9? Doubt it

 

[M3ls]

Yeah, two taps. Wath 0.25

https://x.com/lapinribou/status/1899958983391076375

 

[Birdy]

It doesn't matter if he did not tried to gain an illegitimate advantage.

He broke the rule, doesn't matter if it was intentional or by accident, he broke it, what is that hard to understand.
By your logic if a defender tries to clear the ball and first he K.O a striker from the opponent team, it shouldn't be a penalty cause it wasn't done on purpose?
Skip me with that crap and grow a pair of balls, the decision was fine.

I am critcizing the rule mate as many here. WHAT IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?

The spirit of the rule is to prohibit players from dribbling before taking the pen or getting themselves 'second chance' if they don't hit correctly

Nothing to do with slipping

GET A GRIP

 

[Barcaman]

You just don't call that at this level unless you are paid and bought. And this ref has a history and video evidence of being Mandril fan.

Every football fan should be mad at this circus.

 

[mc_lovin]

Because it just leaves a bad taste resolving a game on a technicality.

But the rules are the rules.

Just a bad taste

Disagree there. Technicalities matter, especially in something as clear cut as a pen shootout.

 

[companyofcules]

How did he hit it 2 times?

He didn't LOL

 

[fergus90]

Here's a bigger question.

Do Arsenal have what it takes to take Real Madrid out? I don't see it.

Might scrape a win at the emirates but over two legs quite unlikely. They got zero attacking options.

 

[M3ls]

Or is it? I can't figure it out.

 

[JohnN]

no matter how many times you see it.. there doesn't seem to be any contact. but perhaps there is another angle.

 

[DonAK]

Here's the explanation:
Since the ball has a sensor for semi-automatic offside it can detect when it is touched and it showed he touched it twice.

 

[JamDav1982]

You just don't call that at this level unless you are paid and bought. And this ref has a history and video evidence of being Mandril fan.

Every football fan should be mad at this circus.

Nah.. he has to call the rule and it was VAR who alerted him anyway.

He let Atletico off with a red in decision he did get wrong.

 

[FC B]

You tried to create another grey area, which imo isn't needed. He tocuhed the ball twice. That's it.

More ambiguity is the last thing football needs.

No, I just explained for anyone to understand that a unintentional minor touch of the ball due to a slip isn't a double touch in the sense of the rule which tries to prevent decieving the keeper by touching the ball twice something like the players make when they dribble.

But definitely it requires too much thinking from some of us to comprehend.

 

[JamDav1982]

Here's the explanation:
Since the ball has a sensor for semi-automatic offside it can detect when it is touched and it showed he touched it twice.

No no dont you know the ref is a Real fan and should ignore the rules?