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Champions League QFs (11th - 19th April)

kouroux

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It's what makes them so fecking hard to like as a neutral. They are a bunch of whiney bitches when their backs are against the wall.
And they don't have their great football to make you notice less this nasty side of their game. When you are losing 3-0 in the first leg and you wanna argue pointlessly with the ref, there is something fundamentaly wrong with their mindset during defeats. They're deluded
 

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I think it was intentional. Yes, it was a bad challenge but Messi did his best to make it look as horrible as possible.
Are you serious? He banged his head against the floor, risking a concussion, intentionally?
 

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Has always been like that.. even in the Xavi, Guardiola, best Barca ever period. They didnt lose much back then though so they didnt show it that often
Guardiola created that mentality. Crowding the ref is also his baby.
 

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Lineker: "The game needs one goal to make it interesting."

Not if Juve score it, you bellend :lol:
 

DomesticTadpole

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And they don't have their great football to make you notice less this nasty side of their game. When you are losing 3-0 in the first leg and you wanna argue pointlessly with the ref, there is something fundamentaly wrong with their mindset during defeats. They're deluded
It's like a personal affront to them that another team is being allowed to beat them. The ref is supposed to be on their side.
 

SachinJ22

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Nice of Iniesta to be continuously offering his services to the referee on the decisions he makes. . .
Maybe he wants to became a referee after he retires so he's learning the ropes now only so that he can become a world class ref.
 

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Can't wait for El Classico when both Madrid and Barcelona players will hound the ref. Beautiful.
 

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Anyone know why this thread does not appear under the Football section. I had to bookmark it to find it :confused:
 

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It's like a personal affront to them that another team is being allowed to beat them. The ref is supposed to be on their side.
Beat them without any controversy too. In these matches I want the cleanest and most deserving team to win but from the get go I couldn't bear Barca's theatrics. Juventus are too organized to feck this up now
 

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Or, he didn't get his hands down to break his fall attempting to get the other player sent off intentionally.
Still can't tell whether you're serious, but if so, I'll have some of whatever you're smoking.
 

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The obligatory Notts County link with Juventus has just been mentioned. :lol:
 

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Everybody focusing on the ref tonight, especially Barca fans being mad at his performance so far. Even if all the 50/50 decisions went Barca' way it'd still be 0-0. They really are not used to not getting their way, are they.