El Clásico | Real Madrid -v- Barcelona | 8.00pm SS1

Pudsy33

Timmyctc wrote: »

Foul didn't end in the box. Ronaldo fell into it. Quality of refereeing in the sport in general is abysmal tbh

You're right, I was too hasty. Definitely wasn't a dive though.

fullstop

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Commentators always get that one wrong, if the foul ends in the box, its a penalty.

What The foul was outside the box!

citytillidie

copacetic wrote: »

Foul just outside, couple of steps then the dive. At least red card wasn't shown.

Not for all the efforts of Real players

Mars Bar

At the speed Ronaldo was going at he was always going to fall when a player made contact with him. He did make it more theatrical though and it happened outside the box so Barca are justifiably outraged.

It should have been a free outside the box.

Fudge You

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Travesty.

Very unlucky for barca there.... But the ref thought it was inside. Definite foul though.

Johner

Fabregas needs to be taken off.

Propane Nightmare

miralize wrote: »

I'd like to believe we can get 2 back, but I cant.

"we"


Anyway, quality pen from Ronnie. Real really should be 2 or 3 up though.

Timmyctc

The Mighty machine of Real Madrid, battled valiantly against the fearsome warthog of Barcelona and their just desserts were served fresh in the form of an exquisite powerhouse of a penalty by the World's greatest ever player Ronaldo!


(Am I doing it right?)

CSF

Ronaldo would have scored the freekick anyway;)

Nah shocking decision.

Talib Fiasco

How can a foul start in one place and end in another? And yeah he dived...it was a stumble from the foul but he full on dived to make it more realistic

klose

Johner wrote: »

Fabregas needs to be taken off.

Neymar you mean, been much worse then fab.

Fudge You

niallo27 wrote: »

Shocking dive from Ronaldo. How does the ref not see it.

But it was a foul, ref just misjudged it by a few inches

Vinz Mesrine

Bale is guaranteed a goal here

Rezident

Even the defenders are diving now, it's so sad.

monkey9

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Commentators always get that one wrong, if the foul ends in the box, its a penalty.

It didn't end in the box, Ronaldo just dived into it.

brevity

brevity wrote: »

My predictions:

Ramos or Pepe to get sent off.
A controversial penalty.
Both Messi and Ronaldo to score.
Bale to score.
Real Madrid win.

2 down, three to go.

Dempsey

Anyone that doesnt that was a foul has never had their feet tapped when running at speed

elefant

Propane Nightmare wrote: »

"we"


Anyway, quality pen from Ronnie. Real really should be 2 or 3 up though.

What's wrong with a Barca fan saying 'we'? Anymore than a fan of any other club?

Johner

klose wrote: »

Neymar you mean, been much worse then fab.

Both!

MagicIRL

Gareth Bale's pace is incredible.

CSF

Clasico threads bug the ****e out of me. Seemingly this is the first La Liga match alot of people watch for quite a while and go crazy when its not like the super manly Premiership. In terms of Classicos and in fact La Liga games, this has been mild enough in terms of bad sportsmanship.

brevity

Talib Fiasco

Dempsey wrote: »

Anyone that doesnt that was a foul has never had their feet tapped when running at speed

It was a foul...outside the box...nobody is denying that. Ronaldo stumbled after getting fouled but then dived to make the foul look a lot worse

Rezident

Mars Bar wrote: »

At the speed Ronaldo was going at he was always going to fall when a player made contact with him. He did make it more theatrical though and it happened outside the box so Barca are justifiably outraged.

It should have been a free outside the box.

He's always going to fall alright but judging from the replays, again there was barely any contact. Would Paul O'Connell have gone to ground under that contact? We all know Ronaldo is diving again but we don't want to admit it.

Paully D

Propane Nightmare wrote: »

"we"

Not a thing wrong with the man saying "we" when referring to his team.

BNMC

CSF wrote: »

Clasico threads bug the ****e out of me. Seemingly this is the first La Liga match alot of people watch for quite a while and go crazy when its not like the super manly Premiership. In terms of Classicos and in fact La Liga games, this has been mild enough in terms of bad sportsmanship.

But you thought you'd click on The El Clasico Thread anyway?

niallo27

Fudge You wrote: »

But it was a foul, ref just misjudged it by a few inches

He stayed on his feet though until he was in box then he dived.

Mars Bar

brevity wrote: »

2 down, three to go.

3 down, 2 to go!

Rezident

Is a dive for a dive justice?

Fudge You

brevity wrote: »

2 down, three to go.

How do you know everything???

miralize

Only 3 things in life are certain

Tinie

Some ball by messi. Definite red.

Headshot

lol Ramos

I can never understand how is he called a defender

fullstop

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Commentators always get that one wrong, if the foul ends in the box, its a penalty.

Pretty sure it's where the foul starts. Where does it say it's where it finishes?

Ramos off
Edit' actually you're right.

Cantona's Collars

19th red card for Ramos.

LuckyGent88

Correct decision there completely.

Washington Irving

Ramos red. Who'd have thunk it?

Red Crow

Ramos is bloody useless

Johner

Haha.

Moneymaker

CSF wrote: »

Clasico threads bug the ****e out of me. Seemingly this is the first La Liga match alot of people watch for quite a while and go crazy when its not like the super manly Premiership. In terms of Classicos and in fact La Liga games, this has been mild enough in terms of bad sportsmanship.

Couldn't agree more. This is nothing compared to the farce these games would become when Mourinho was in charge.

Lol, and there is another red for Ramos.

CSF

Don't think he touched him there.

klose

Standard ramos red card, harsh all the same

ollie1

Ramos off and a penalty to Barca

The_Kew_Tour

had to go

citytillidie

Another dive

Cantona's Collars

Replay shows he didn't even touch Neymar.

BNMC

Now there's a dive.

retalivity

ramos red?

Shocked. SHOCKED!!

Talib Fiasco

Deserved...but that was a dive too

Mars Bar

That was far more of a dive than Ronaldo's "dive".