This game was turning out to be so epic, to be ruined by a stupid referee is truly a travesty. AND HE ENDS IT? WHAT. Barca scored 3 minutes after the overtime in the first half.

One of the best games i've seen in a while.

mAKiTO

Colombia4171 Posts

January 25 2012 22:56 GMT

#3106

Props to Madrid, for the 1st time I felt worried that we might lose

Valenius

United Kingdom1266 Posts

January 25 2012 22:56 GMT

#3107

Fucking ridiculous refereeing. How are players supposed to jump without raising arms for leverage. Fuck.

Runnin

208 Posts

January 25 2012 22:57 GMT

#3108

Mourinho made Busquets do it...

Good result psychologically for Madrid, they were the better team (for once) over 90 minutes and really should have won it but for poor finishing. Poor decision from the ref to send off Ramos but I don't think it really affected the outcome.

That pass from Messi on the first goal...wow. Such a delicate little chip over the feet, between the hips of 2 defenders. We're lucky to see this man play.

Raidern

Brazil3811 Posts

January 25 2012 22:57 GMT

#3109

yea actually I thought Madrid deserved to win today. But hey, this is football

samw

England443 Posts

January 25 2012 22:58 GMT

#3110

oh how I dislike barcelona. I wonder how much they paid the ref this time. Madrid were the better team tonight, I hope they win the league soo much

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

January 25 2012 22:58 GMT

#3111

On January 26 2012 07:57 Runnin wrote:
Mourinho made Busquets do it...

Good result psychologically for Madrid, they were the better team (for once) over 90 minutes and really should have won it but for poor finishing. Poor decision from the ref to send off Ramos but I don't think it really affected the outcome.

That pass from Messi on the first goal...wow. Such a delicate little chip over the feet, between the hips of 2 defenders. We're lucky to see this man play.

That is a good point to make. People were expecting Madrid to get rolled like the first match (myself included), but for them to get back to 2-2 must have given them a lot of confidence despite losing. They were the stronger team in the end and they get to blame the ref for their loss.

Zhiroo

Kosovo2724 Posts

January 25 2012 22:59 GMT

#3112

Madrid was better but glad we won. The ref was so bad, it's so sad that the best league in the world has such shitty referes. They're the worst referes outta the big 5 leagues in EU.

clementdudu

France819 Posts

January 25 2012 23:01 GMT

#3113

On January 26 2012 07:58 samw wrote:
oh how I dislike barcelona. I wonder how much they paid the ref this time. Madrid were the better team tonight, I hope they win the league soo much

i can so tell youre a mu fan:/

even though thats a draw,madrid will improve so much after this game.they now know that playing with offensive/genius players like ozil/kaka in the starting 11 gives them way more chances against barca than playing the defensive/violent 11 theyve been playing the last clasicos.

haitike

Spain2720 Posts

January 25 2012 23:19 GMT

#3114

Madrid should have won today.

On January 26 2012 07:05 Runnin wrote:

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Yes, blame Mourinho for Barcelona players sprinting across the pitch to surround the referee. You see the same reactions in Barcelona's Champions League matches against non-Mourinho teams. Group stages against Milan, semis against Chelsea, etc. Any other team in the world has their one or two whiners (my Chelsea side has Ashley and Terry in the refs face all the time for example), while Barcelona has literally the entire team do it. How many times have we seen Valdes near the opposition penalty area arguing with the referee? But yeah, go ahead and blame your own team's behavior on Mourinho, all you're doing is diluting the potency of the legitimate complaints you can have against him.

You understood bad to me. I said that both teams are more "extreme" since the Mourinho era. Barcerlona abuse the referee more, Madrid do more faults, etc. I didnt blame Mourinho.

And It is bad to generalice Spanish league... You can see the other Cup Game (Athletic vs Mallorca) and you will see normal football like in other leagues, and not referee-center polemic.

soujiro_

Uruguay5195 Posts

January 25 2012 23:23 GMT

#3115

so glad Liverpool made it to the final

)))
it was a great game

sidesprang

Norway1033 Posts

January 25 2012 23:29 GMT

#3116

On January 26 2012 07:13 clementdudu wrote:
they probably need to get rid of mourinho,keep all of their players for 2 years and theyll be beastly.

Or keep Mourinho and become beastly? They are not far off from barca, and they are leading the league, and crushed it in CL so far.

bObaZ

Portugal862 Posts

January 25 2012 23:33 GMT

#3117

How can you blame the ref for the result? The ref made 4 mistakes, Not sending Diarra off with a clear as water second yellow, not showing any yellow to Dani Alves for the 2 or 3 tackles he made, now showing pepe a yellow for the hand in the face of Fabregas, and for showing the second yellow to Ramos... All in all, it was balanced out in the end... I really don't understand how you can blame the referee.. The hands in ball from barcelona were borderline casual and really very dificult to judge from the ref point of view, and there was a BS offside from pedrito...

It was an epic game tough

Real deserved to win but didn't capitalize on their oportunities

CeriseCherries

6170 Posts

January 25 2012 23:39 GMT

#3118

-.- ok busquets was being busquets... but yea clasico got nastier and sadder of late

Ash

Malaysia1978 Posts

January 25 2012 23:54 GMT

#3119

On January 26 2012 08:39 CeriseCherries wrote:
-.- ok busquets was being busquets... but yea clasico got nastier and sadder of late

thats part of the reason why it has been so fucking entertaining lol. i swear i'd never miss a single clasico game even when it means waking/staying up till 5am in the morning to catch it.

Fenrax

United States5018 Posts

January 25 2012 23:57 GMT

#3120

I really liked Real once but for a team with the piece of shit in human form Pepe in it I only want painful losses. Very sweet that they are out again.