Champions League Final: Liverpool v Real Madrid | Hala Madrid!

[Anustart89]

Absolute robbery. If Valverde had passed the ball to Benzema and a Liverpool player had fluffed an interception, then that resets the offside due to a "deliberate action". But here, Fabinho clearly gets the last touch before Benzema with an obviously deliberate action, and somehow they conspire to give Liverpool the decision. Twats.

 

[TheGodsInRed]

As Peter Walton explained, as the ball was deflected and not passed by a Liverpool player, the goal is offside.

Walton is wrong (again). He made an attempt to play to ball = goal.

 

[Red Dreams]

I genuinely have no idea how that isn’t given?

There are two reasons, whether it hits Liverpool defender last and whether it’s intentional?

1) A Liverpool player hits it off another Liverpool player therefore the deflection rule does not come into play, he’s onside.

2) Even more bizarrely, the defender is sliding in to make a tackle. To therefore claim it as a deflection is ridiculous. It’s an intentional tackle to prevent a goal. Is he sliding for a laugh? Of course it’s intentional?

Unless the first ball played is offside, that is one of the worst VAR decisions I’ve seen and in my top 5, I reckon Liverpool have benefitted from at least 4 of them.

Goal.

 

[kouroux]

This rule is fecking dumb. If the keeper is off he is off, why should there be 2 players behind to play the striker to play him in

 

[Oranges038]

Daft rule anyway that he's behind the 'keeper he's offside, they need to change that.

It's 1 player between you and the goal. Doesn't matter where the keeper is.

 

[Cassidy]

For everyone that is saying it came off a Liverpool player, apparently it needs to be deliberately passed back and not accidental.

No it needs to he a deliberate play of the ball which it was

 

[Anustart89]

Has to be a "deliberate play" apparently. Feck off.

He was tackling the ball, how is that not deliberate?

 

[MVBDX]

For everyone that is saying it came off a Liverpool player, apparently it needs to be deliberately passed back and not accidental.

It's deliberate when you go for a ball and touch it before anyone else

 

[Real Name]

Benzema and Vincinius practically playing alone there. Modrić should be involved more.

 

[SirAnderson]

So now I can go and invalidate all those armchair manager posts of those who didn't know the 2 player rule, like me.

 

[bosskeano]

what a fuking joke of a decision....yes he was offside as there was only one defender b/w him and the goal but the pass wasn't made to him by a team mate as it came off of Fabinho when he went in for the tackle

don't get how you can take that goal away

 

[SirAnderson]

It's deliberate when you go for a ball and touch it before anyone else

True...

 

[Dudu]

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Fecking hell.

 

[Irwin99]

Regardless of the offside call I've been a bit disappointed with Madrid's reactive tactics. My only hope is that they can bring more energy on the pitch when Liverpool tire and that wins them the game.

 

[Cassidy]

It's 1 player between you and the goal. Doesn't matter where the keeper is.

2 players

 

[giorno]

It was obviously offside, come on, the only weird thing about it was how long it took VAR

 

[Random Task]

It’s not. The “deflection” get out clause is supposed to be when an opposition player touches the ball just before the final deflection. The ball bounced of fecking four Liverpool players before it got to Benzema, who was the last Madrid player to touch it and can’t fecking pass to himself!

I thought for sure Konate got a touch on the ball on the way through to Benzema, absolutely 100% it did.

 

[Deery]

Valverde touched it before.

If he didn't, then that should have stood

That’s maybe why it’s offside tbf.

 

[CloneMC16]

LiVARpool even in the CL

Madrid have no tactic here, other than fire a long pass to Vinicius and pray. Should still be winning, though.

 

[Semper Fudge]

I've resigned myself to the fact they're winning this after that.

 

[Adam-Utd]

it’s clearly a goal, everybody agrees.

No idea how the referees don’t know their own rules

 

[fergosaurus]

I want Liverpool to win but that was a clear goal. Wtf.

 

[giorno]

Regardless of the offside call I've been a bit disappointed with Madrid's reactive tactics. My only hope is that they can bring more energy on the pitch when Liverpool tire and that wins them the game.

We'll go for it after they score. Can't make it too easy

 

[kouroux]

Has to be a "deliberate play" apparently. Feck off.

Deliberate play implies they have to be a little psychics

 

[Skills]

Madrid are playing a seriously risky game here. They're putting Courtois under a lot of pressure with his kicking

 

[Cassidy]

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Fecking hell.

Oh oh…. Have the refs fecked this up ha

 

[SirAnderson]

Yeah then it should have been a goal. Need to check the VAR room for brown envelops.

 

[tomaldinho1]

It wasn’t even that controversial to be honest, we’re just so used to the GK being last man.

 

[bond19821982]

For everyone that is saying it came off a Liverpool player, apparently it needs to be deliberately passed back and not accidental.

No one deliberately passes back to an opposition player. It's always accidental.

 

[NicolaSacco]

That's nonsense surely. By design all passes can be called deflections.

You surely know the difference between a pass and a deflection?

 

[Samid]

Problem is that Valverde got it first. And in that moment Benzema was in offside.

I think....

Konate tackled the ball into Fabinho.

 

[RedDevilQuebecois]

Fabinho is just allowed to come in like a wrecking ball. any consequent deflection is … irrelevant

Same thought. The Fabinho tackle that pushed the ball back in a dangerous area was a self-inflicted wound.

 

[DOTA]

Thought it was off.

 

[DavidDeSchmikes]

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Fecking hell.

So he didn’t deliberately go in to tackle the ball?

 

[bleedred]

If VAR was available in 2018, They would have chalked off the benzema goal because Karius "didnt intentionally" pass it to him. Joke!

 

[lex talionis]

The Univision commentators are destroying these idiot French referees for that decision.

 

[hasanejaz88]

It was obviously offside, come on, the only weird thing about it was how long it took VAR

I think they just wanted to make sure Valverde touched the ball before being tackled. Also may be looking at a potential penalty.

 

[Fergies Gum]

what a fuking joke of a decision....yes he was offside as there was only one defender b/w him and the goal but the pass wasn't made to him by a team mate as it came off of Fabinho when he went in for the tackle

don't get how you can take that goal away

They are saying it was unintentional on Fabinho's part

 

[cyberman]

That’s maybe why it’s offside tbf.

Touching a ball doesn’t mean everyone is offside. It’s a bullshit decision

 

[Murder on Zidane's Floor]

Of course Liverpool get the call