*Champions League Semi Finals*

[Nike19]

Manchester City v Real Madrid

Ac Milan v Inter Milan

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[Nike19]

Very Strong Man City Line Up.

3 2 4 1

Simply can’t wait for Kick Off.

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[Nike19]

WOW! And that was just the first half.

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[Adlab]

A totally bent referee. Not just bad. Bent. Why are they not booked for foul after foul.
Disgrace

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[Adlab]

And as for the commentary and pundits….

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[Luckydestiny]

Very tight game that, so little in it and neither team really giving an inch.

City can be proud of that performance imo and I think they are favourites for the second leg. I can’t see either Inter or AC Milan beating either Real or City so I think City could be one good home game away from being overwhelming odds on favourites to get their first champs league.

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[Editor]

You have to be joking Adlab, surely? Nothing about the ball being out before the City goal?

🗣️ Carlo Ancelotti: “For me, the ball went out but according to the referee, it didn’t. I don't understand why they did not use VAR." pic.twitter.com/zoNcZgAQL8

— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Football__Tweet) May 9, 2023

Or this from Bernardo somehow not leading to a red?

This Bernardo Silva challenge on Camavinga 😨 pic.twitter.com/YpK323K8hq

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) May 9, 2023

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[Editor]

City really got away with one there. What’s the point of VAR if they don’t even check it for such blatant decisions?

🎙️| Arsene Wenger: "VAR should have checked Bernardo Silva's controlling the ball out of play."

beIN Sports later confirmed with 3D technology that the ball was indeed out of play. #rmalive pic.twitter.com/ekcuhoU0Jn

— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) May 9, 2023

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[threeps]

“A totally bent referee. Not just bad. Bent. Why are they not booked for foul after foul.
Disgrace”

It’s because whilst Madrid are the darling child of Uefa, City are the unwanted ginger step child. Nobody like to see cheats prosper especially at the detriment of their favorites so the refs are likely under instruction to force a Madrid win.

Or it could just be the usual Adlab selfpitycity rubbish that he thinks everyone is out to get his team when he should be thanking the football gods his team so far have gotten away with their unfair rise from relegation fodder to favorites for the biggest trophy in club football. One one with the home leg to come puts them in a strong position with a relatively weak Italian team facing them in the final.

Best opportunity City have ever had to win the trophy they spent billions trying to get, unless those pesky UEFA bribed refs have something to do with it!

• This reply was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by threeps.

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[Rover]

Why so much jealousy and antipathy towards City, it really puts you guys in bad light. I myself not too keen on City winning too much but they represent the EPL and rather them than any other team from a different country.

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[Rover]

By the way the ref was highly praised for the way he handled the game. He was brilliant and helped towards an exciting flowing game ignoring all those flimsy attempts of players diving and ridiculous appeals for handball.

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[threeps]

Rover Adlab does this every time. He thinks the whole footballing world is against City when he should be enjoying where his team is right now. His team won the lottery yet he moans about everything going against them. If you cannot see my point in my post then fair enough.

But yeah I’d rather any team win other than City, maybe with the exception of PSG. Even utd and that’s saying something! Never understood this they represents the EPL thing so we should hope they win nonsense.

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[Editor]

Rover, I don’t want any other side to win anything aside from mine. I would hope all fans are like that. City are no different in that regard.

What rubs me up the wrong way is this “poor City, everyone hates us. Why do all decisions go against us?” kind of attitude from City fans. Especially when they got very fortunate with the ball being out before the goal yesterday. If that had happened to Liverpool or Utd, there would be bedlam.

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[Hightown hope]

Oh, I’ve missed Adlab’s ‘the world’s against us’ comments. Lol. I know all fans, whatever their club, feel decisions go against you, but wake up, Adlab, your club have won the lottery, play the best football, have arguably the best manager, the best goalscorer in world football, the best midfielder in world football, and STILL get just as many decisions go for you as go against you (just like any other club)

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[Bluemoon]

It was an excellent game, City deserved a draw at least and let’s not forget it was away to the biggest and most successful club in the world. Why would the ref, linesman and VAR all decide the ball was in, they can’t all be wrong, those pics and video clips you get on the Internet are mostly photoshopped by whoever wants to try and prove an opposite view. Anyway there’s no advantage playing at home against Madrid, they have in fact performed better away this season and other seasons too.

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[Adlab]

Just a view
Football’s rule governing body, the IFAB, specifically outlines where and when VAR can intervene on its website.

They may only step in to assist the referee when there has been, “a clear and obvious error” relating to “a goal/no goal, penalty/no penalty, direct red card (not a second caution) or a case of mistaken identity when the referee cautions or sends off the wrong player of the offending team.”

With no way to prove that there had been a clear and obvious error, the official was unable to command a review.

Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti is shown a yellow card.
A new passage of play had begun
Comments from Arsene Wenger were shared after the game though where he suggested VAR had not gone back far enough to check if the goal was “regular.”

But too much time had elapsed, and a new passage of play had started, which meant that the incident could not be used to rule out the goal according to football’s laws.

Between the ball supposedly going out for a throw and KDB lashing it into the net, Madrid won the ball back before giving possession away.

That signals a new phase of play and football laws expert Christina Unkel told CBS Sports after the game that IFAB laws meant the preceding incident no longer mattered.

Page 141 of the Laws of the Game handbook states that “it may be necessary to review the attacking phase of play which led directly to the decision/incident.”

As the throw-in incident had not directly led to the goal, VAR could not intervene.

Real will now face a stiff challenge to secure their place in the final when they travel to the Etihad Stadium for next Wednesday’s semi-final second-leg.

As Ancelotti’s side found out on Tuesday night, the quest for European glory can come down to the smallest margins.

So how far back do you go? Kick off!

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[Nike19]

I think going forward; City will probably edge it and it may be down to KDB. He is just something extra that will arise when needed. I still recall his goal in a similar playing position when he played us recently; not sure whether it’s cup or league, but he found a way.

Grealish gives as good as he gets. What I won’t buy is City’s discipline being squeeky clean when they have dished out plenty of physical contact and got away without being punished. Now the complaints start because the opposition themselves are Robust and probably one of the best of teams on the planet. Nearly every white shirt last night went above and beyond.

It was a shame they didn’t find a second but City did. That’s what a game like this can do.

Perfectly in balance.

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[Luckydestiny]

Adlab, it was a tough game to watch as a neutral being so tight and tactical. Real stalemate and not sure pep will want to go in to second leg with 50% chance of progression and setting up as both did it would be 50/50 in second leg. I think he will tinker for second leg trying to better the odds and wouldn’t be surprised to see haaland benched or some other surprise.

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[Nike19]

Ed @ 6:35, Agree with your sentiments: when I listened to the phone-in straight after the game, Jason Cundy mentioned the same thing when a caller made a point about supporting British Teams.

My personal honest take on it is that I’m not going to get behind a team that is a rival to me; e.g. City and/or United. Probably Chelsea too; they’re my strongest competitors so why would I want them to win.

I prefer City not winning the Treble; it’s just human nature of being a supporter as you don’t necessarily want your rivals to do to well and keep on winning.

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[sean the sailor]

Why would anyone photo shop it? It was out of ploy. City got away with one so what. Just don’t get why people can’t be objective

Adlab is moaning about a ref when they got the biggest call of the night. Madrid are a horrible team to play with all their antics. City did really well. On to next week

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