Champions League - Last 16

Wildly inconsistent to say the least

Messi has looked un-interested all nightā€¦

Never a booking

Handball for the goal?

Ref has made a pure balls of this gameā€¦goal for princeā€¦

Ac 1-0 barca 56 mins

Def hand ball for the goalā€¦

Get in there!!! Haha

1-0 AC, fine finish from Boetang but a blatant handball right before that missed by Collum

Absolutely but AC deserved the break on the run of play tonight

[quote=ā€œFaldo, post: 739471, member: 1520ā€]Ref has made a pure balls of this gameā€¦goal for princeā€¦

Ac 1-0 barca 56 mins

Def hand ball for the goalā€¦[/quote]

I donā€™t see how that could be deemed deliberate handball though. It was deflected on to Milan player.

The Italians have cheatedā€¦ What will Mr fair play Totti, make of that.

Heā€™s in Istanbul watching a different game so thatā€™s hardly unexpected.

His hands were definitely up too high but it was definitely unintentional-what is the correct ruling?

I think the ref at this game is there too in mind anywayā€¦cuntish

Correct rule is it should have been a free out

Are you sure? I think the law requires the handball to be deliberate.

You are correct. it is up to the ref to decide whether it is deliberate or not, if the ref deems it unintentional then it is play on but normally when a player has his hands above his head and the ball makes contact they will give a foul though, as opposed to say if a defender has his hands down by his sides and makes contact. How many times have you seen a defender jumping while defending a cross and the ball making contact with the hand and it is given despite it not being deliberate

Milan are full value for their lead here. Barca have been rather ponderous in their attacking play and lacking any real spark, constantly playing with their backs to Milans goals, while AC are getting bodies in the way and defending very well

True enough. And the application of the law in La Liga is very odd where every handball offence is a mandatory yellow card.

In this instance, I think Zapata was doing a gay little skip out the way of Montolivoā€™s shot and his hands were up in a fairly unnatural position. But he surely couldnā€™t legislate for someone only a yard or two away deflecting the ball against him?

Ac the far better team 2nd halfā€¦messi has been pur shite
You cant score goals with out having shotsā€¦simples shite all nightā€¦if it was Rolando he would be getting slatedā€¦a lot of yellowsā€¦Fuck all shots from Barcelona

[quote=ā€œFaldo, post: 739485, member: 1520ā€]Ac the far better team 2nd halfā€¦messi has been pur shite
You cant score goals with out having shotsā€¦simples shite all nightā€¦if it was Rolando he would be getting slatedā€¦a lot of yellowsā€¦Fuck all shots from Barcelona[/quote]

Why, Rolando is a centre half, why would anyone compare him to Messi