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spurs mental

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Mar 10, 2007
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Atletico are the team we need to aspire to be. They've constantly been rustling Barca and Madrid over the last 5-6 or so seasons and probably should have a CL title under their belt. They know how to win ugly and defend without panic. If we could be even half as good as them at defending a lead in a big game like that we'd win plenty of trophies.
 

worcestersauce

"I'm no optimist I'm just a prisoner of hope
Jan 23, 2006
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I understand referees and linesmen are supposedly human and prone to mistakes, but the wrongful award of a corner to Marseille last night was shocking.

A corner that Marseille scored from and meant they reached the Europa final.

After battling back from a 2-0 deficit from the 1st leg to force extra time, I have to admit I felt so sorry for RB Salzburg.

There was of course the additional goal line referees in conjunction with ref and usual assistant referees.

Nope, not one spotted the ball clearly hitting a Marseille player and going out for a goal kick. Corner award instead.

Where was VAR, was it present, is it allowed to be used in instances of this nature.

The award of the corner might not have met the criteria, but I'm pretty sure the resulting goal feckin did.


RB Salzburg only lost one game before reaching the semi-final, (including group stage) and that was against Lazio whom they beat and knocked out in the second leg.

I think they did remarkably well over the course of their Europa campaign, and should rightly feel very aggrieved to have gone out in this manner.
Three or four minutes earlier he gave Salzburg a free kick in a perfect spot to the right of the box that was never a free kick, totally wrong decision but Salzburg didn't take advantage like Marseille did, that was Salzburg's fault not the referee's.
 

Gb160

Well done boys. Good process
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Nope, we all know what's gonna happen, Arsenal gonna score in the last min of Giroud's shin blah blah blah football Gods
Was funny in this thread when Arsenal went 1-0 up in the first leg vs Atletico:ROFLMAO:
 
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