I had no intention to publish more about the errors commited by Nicola Rizzoli, the referee of the match Arsenal-Barcelona, as they were sufficiently clear. But I just came across an article that moved me to do so: "Barcelona Press Blames Referee For Arsenal Defeat".
The most outrageous sentence is: "Barcelona’s holier than thou motto ‘mes que un club’ (more than a club) holds no grounds if that is how they react to a loss." Shameful sentence if we consider that, first the players and coaching staff behaved with even excessive restraint for what happened in the field. What a difference between the reaction of the Barca players and Drogba in Chelsea's defeat against Barcelona. And second, the British press did not say the same after that match between Chelsea and Barcelona, where, despite they what they say now, they raised Cain.
Also it is the Barcelona press blaming the referee but the evidences:
The most outrageous sentence is: "Barcelona’s holier than thou motto ‘mes que un club’ (more than a club) holds no grounds if that is how they react to a loss." Shameful sentence if we consider that, first the players and coaching staff behaved with even excessive restraint for what happened in the field. What a difference between the reaction of the Barca players and Drogba in Chelsea's defeat against Barcelona. And second, the British press did not say the same after that match between Chelsea and Barcelona, where, despite they what they say now, they raised Cain.
Also it is the Barcelona press blaming the referee but the evidences:
Goal by Messi wrongly annulled for nonexistent offside:
Hands in the area by Djourou:
Penalty on Pedro:
Hands in the area by Arshavin:
Hands in the area by Djourou:
Penalty on Pedro:
Hands in the area by Arshavin:
In addition to any other designated non-existent offside against Barcelona and the second red card forgiven a Song.
Too many errors and too decisive as to deny that the referee allowed the Arsenal not only win, but not thrashed out.
PS: And to explain why, according to him, said Barcelona beat Arsenal:
"What did Arsenal win more special was that, indeed, beat Barcelona at their own game.
Barca, of course, had a 61% possession, according to UEFA.com, but nevertheless, they overtook Arsenal at times, and the two goals were the result of excellent passing moves . "
Surely this guy saw a different party than the rest of humanity.
5 comments:
Sorry lad but despite your best attempts at writing English you missed the point. the ref called countless fouls against Arsenal when a Barca player fell down without being touched. There were fouls galore and Busquets got his 2nd yellow so maybe the ref did see it fairly both ways?
Sure Messi's disallowed goal might have been onside but 50% of the world sees it as being offside. By the way Barc had 52% possession but what did they do with it? Arsenal usually have between 58-70 % possession in EPL games but don't always win, especially when the ref decides they won't!
I am sure it will be a cracker at the Nou Camp and you can bet Arsenal will show up with the same confidence,determination,pace and commitment that they did at the Emirates!
Stop whining and be objective enough to accept that Arsenal deserved the win.
First of all, thanks for appreciating my "best attempts at writing English". I have to admit that for big parts of my article I just used Google Translate, because the artcicle was first written in Spanish (as you can see here: http://bit.ly/h0XAfI), and I just didn't check the entire post. Anyway, I bet your level of Spanish is quite higher than my level of english, so we can continue to discuss about the match in Spanish, if you prefer.
Comparing Busquets with Song just shows clearly what your point of view is.
I think it is funny that you argue about Messi's goal that "50% of the world sees it as being offside", as it had been a matter of perception, when it is a scientific evidence that he was just behind the ball (that is the reason why there is a picture in my article, to show that it is a fact and not an opinion).
Besides, I don't know where you have read that "Barc had 52% possession" when, even in the article that I criticize (and that obviously you haven't read) it states that "Barca had a 61% possession, according to UEFA.com"...
"Stop whining and be objective enough to accept that Arsenal deserved the win." That is the point, I think Arsenal supporters can be mature enough to accept that with a fair referee they just never would have won the game.
PS: Is it so difficult to find the "ç" on British keyboards? "Barca" in spanish and catalan means "boat", so it is surely an important difference.
Something that you should consider:
"4 Song treads a fine line
It was dissent that begat Arsenal's descent against Newcastle, when Abou Diaby was sent off at 4-0. Arsenal's midfield could have found itself weakened again here. Before the game Jack Wilshere had called on his side to be a bit "nasty" – at times you wondered if Alex Song was being too nasty. He was handed a yellow card for a bad challenge on Messi and had committed five fouls more before the first half was out. He had also been guilty, like Diaby before him, of talking back at Rizzoli."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/feb/16/champions-league-arsenal-barcelona
And another one:
"He can point, too, to a better performance than the battering by Barcelona of last season; last night's stunning victory was snatched at the death even if, as expected, Barcelona dominated the possession and the chances and would have won themselves had Messi not left his shooting boots behind" - Matt Dickinson, The Times." http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/clubs/arsenal/article2916791.ece
And the last one:
"How far apart are the two sides in quality?
WITH 12 minutes to go, the difference in class was massive.
Barcelona looked awesome, while Arsenal ran about like headless chickens. But Robin van Persie's strike gave them hope and in the last 10 minutes the Gunners looked the better side."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3416035/Arsenal-2-Barcelona-1.html
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