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Steveling
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Greece10806 Posts
May 15 2014 02:08 GMT
#5201
This is ridiculous.
Poor benfica, Q_Q.
My dick has shrunk to the point where it looks like I have 3 balls.
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18570 Posts
May 15 2014 07:18 GMT
#5202
On May 15 2014 07:52 bObaZ wrote:
And pandemona said that Felix was a good referee, and everyone here vouched for him. HOW is this possible? He's even worst than Skomina!


I will never ever vouch for a German ref lol.
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
May 15 2014 07:40 GMT
#5203
Lol Fleix is normally fine, top 5 referee in Europe normally i didn't watch the game apart from extra time and saw Benfica be completely lousy infront of goal during that time and Sevilla missing a 1 on 1 golden chance.
Then penalties and well lol....i thought England were bad at penalties but that was pretty bad from Benfica.

Oh well the Kong line continues ^_^
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Kleinmuuhg
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Vanuatu4091 Posts
May 15 2014 07:42 GMT
#5204
On May 15 2014 07:58 TerransHill wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 15 2014 06:54 Kleinmuuhg wrote:
what an aweful game and waste of time as a neutral spectator


Why? It was a really interesting match imo. No goals but lots of highlights. To bad Benfica didnt win, they really deserved it. But they still didnt manage to break the curse

I found it very unentertaining tbh. lots of bad play, lots of bad decision also from the ref, maybe i shouldve waited for the free kicks, but I didnt bother. Just my opinion..
This is our town, scrub
bObaZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
Portugal862 Posts
May 15 2014 07:51 GMT
#5205
On May 15 2014 16:40 Pandemona wrote:
Lol Fleix is normally fine, top 5 referee in Europe normally i didn't watch the game apart from extra time and saw Benfica be completely lousy infront of goal during that time and Sevilla missing a 1 on 1 golden chance.
Then penalties and well lol....i thought England were bad at penalties but that was pretty bad from Benfica.

Oh well the Kong line continues ^_^


I'll send you the highlights when i'm home. Right now i'm at work. You'll see what a great Ref he was during this game..
RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6261 Posts
May 15 2014 08:12 GMT
#5206
On May 15 2014 16:42 Kleinmuuhg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 15 2014 07:58 TerransHill wrote:
On May 15 2014 06:54 Kleinmuuhg wrote:
what an aweful game and waste of time as a neutral spectator


Why? It was a really interesting match imo. No goals but lots of highlights. To bad Benfica didnt win, they really deserved it. But they still didnt manage to break the curse

I found it very unentertaining tbh. lots of bad play, lots of bad decision also from the ref, maybe i shouldve waited for the free kicks, but I didnt bother. Just my opinion..

I think you're right about the bad play but I found it entertaining.
Ysellian
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands9029 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-15 08:48:26
May 15 2014 08:47 GMT
#5207
ref was terrible but Benfica should have had a lot more urgency. It was apparent from the start that Sevilla was comfortable going to penalties and the shoot-out showed why. Fear dictated Benfica's play too much, the "curse" is becoming a self fulfilling prophecy. (if it wasn't that already)
warding
Profile Joined August 2005
Portugal2394 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-15 09:17:42
May 15 2014 09:12 GMT
#5208
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Two legged challenge from the side with the ball nowhere near to purposefully injure Sulejmani (went out with a dislocated shoulder), knowing Platini had already taken care of the other two starting wingers for Benfica. How is that not a red card? That's at the 12th minute.

Just before half time, Gaitan gets tripped from the back in the box facing only the goalkeeper.. One thing is mild contact in the upper body. Another is contact on the legs from behind, and that very easily makes you trip. How is that not a penalty and a red? What are goal-line refs for?

Finally, the penalty on Lima in the second half. Sevilla's player already had a yellow. How is that not a penalty and second yellow?

Sorry about these rants. So frustrating.

bObaZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
Portugal862 Posts
May 15 2014 10:02 GMT
#5209
And on top of that you have this on the penalty shoot-out:

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And there's a handball by carriço in the area that could be a 3rd penalty and a second yellow to carriço.

If this isn't enough reasons to say that it was the ref's fault, I don't know what is...

With that said, Benfica only have themselves to blame.

Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
May 15 2014 10:05 GMT
#5210
That penalty gets saved no matter where the keeper is though it was fucking awful ;_;
Like England level penalty kicks from Benfica last night and that is NOTHING to be proud of xD
All be it i can't comment on the game before that
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18570 Posts
May 15 2014 10:14 GMT
#5211
On May 15 2014 16:40 Pandemona wrote:
Lol Fleix is normally fine, top 5 referee in Europe normally i didn't watch the game apart from extra time and saw Benfica be completely lousy infront of goal during that time and Sevilla missing a 1 on 1 golden chance.
Then penalties and well lol....i thought England were bad at penalties but that was pretty bad from Benfica.

Oh well the Kong line continues ^_^


No German referee is top5 in Europe...
that is one thing i love about the world cup, finally we get competent refs from the rest of the world and dont only have to depend on the uefa ones alone
bObaZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
Portugal862 Posts
May 15 2014 10:18 GMT
#5212
On May 15 2014 19:05 Pandemona wrote:
That penalty gets saved no matter where the keeper is though it was fucking awful ;_;
Like England level penalty kicks from Benfica last night and that is NOTHING to be proud of xD
All be it i can't comment on the game before that


The penalty has to be repeated nonetheless... Awful penalty kicking is not a reason for the keeper to be 2 meters in front of the line.

Pande just to put things in perspective for you, this was more or less on par with the Ovrebo game. But it's not as controversial because it's a fucking Europa League Final and not a Champions League Game. Uefa didn't want Benfica to win this competition. Don't ask me why
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
May 15 2014 10:52 GMT
#5213
On May 15 2014 19:18 bObaZ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 15 2014 19:05 Pandemona wrote:
That penalty gets saved no matter where the keeper is though it was fucking awful ;_;
Like England level penalty kicks from Benfica last night and that is NOTHING to be proud of xD
All be it i can't comment on the game before that


The penalty has to be repeated nonetheless... Awful penalty kicking is not a reason for the keeper to be 2 meters in front of the line.

Pande just to put things in perspective for you, this was more or less on par with the Ovrebo game. But it's not as controversial because it's a fucking Europa League Final and not a Champions League Game. Uefa didn't want Benfica to win this competition. Don't ask me why


Lol indeed but you take consolation in that this game means nothing? :D
Europa League final is not where Benfica should be? You had a shocking Champs League where you finished 3rd to none other than Olympiakos...on goal difference! Also started off your season badly to eventually win the domestic league. After last season you should of changed Jorge, lots of people thought he had lost the plot and rightfully so. He won you the league just about and another failure in the Europa League Final. That isn't where Benfica want to be? Surely Benfica is a top 16 pushing top 8 Champions league every year?

I admit winning Europa League might be a consolation but it isn't anything to shout about, its just confirming your "the best of the rest"
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Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28736 Posts
May 15 2014 11:07 GMT
#5214
really pushing top 8? which of barcelona real atletico bayern dortmund psg mancity chelsea is benfica supposed to push out? xD
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Kleinmuuhg
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Vanuatu4091 Posts
May 15 2014 11:10 GMT
#5215
the psg scrubs obviously
This is our town, scrub
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-15 12:03:32
May 15 2014 11:24 GMT
#5216
On May 15 2014 20:07 Liquid`Drone wrote:
really pushing top 8? which of barcelona real atletico bayern dortmund psg mancity chelsea is benfica supposed to push out? xD


Pushing doesn't mean achieving Just means pushing to get a lucky tie in RO16 then getting RO8
Aka Olympiacos could of been top 8 this season if they didn't see their best player for Fulham xD

Porto reached multiple RO8s which Benfica surely could do same with.

But of course on paper
Barca
Real
Atletico
Bayern
Dortmund
PSG
City
Chelsea

They aren't quite close to that but if again City vs Barca RO16 you get an easy tie somewhere.

Oh also they are in Pot 1 every season right? xD
Yeah they are;
+ Show Spoiler [Top 8] +

1Real Madrid CF ESP 159.456
2FC Barcelona ESP 30.585 157.456
3FC Bayern München GER 154.328
4Chelsea FC ENG 140.949
5Manchester United FC 128.949
6 Benfica POR 21.000 128.426
7Club Atlético de Madrid 119.456
8Valencia CF ESP 115.456
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bObaZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
Portugal862 Posts
May 15 2014 12:10 GMT
#5217
And since United is not on any UEFA competition next year we'll start the season as the number 5 on the UEFA Ranking.
And in terms of Budget we're not even in the Top 30...

But's that's no consolation prize for anyone.
warding
Profile Joined August 2005
Portugal2394 Posts
May 15 2014 12:29 GMT
#5218
Not that many clubs have 10 european finals in their curriculum.
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28736 Posts
May 15 2014 13:35 GMT
#5219
I'm not saying they're not there historically, but I don't see how they can be expected to compete for top 8 europe nowdays. I mean my list only had two english clubs and none from italy..

Basically I think that Benfica is a team that should be content with winning the league and reaching europa league finals, they're not one of those "should always qualify from CL group stage" teams.
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AXygnus
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Portugal1008 Posts
May 15 2014 13:44 GMT
#5220
On May 15 2014 22:35 Liquid`Drone wrote:
I'm not saying they're not there historically, but I don't see how they can be expected to compete for top 8 europe nowdays. I mean my list only had two english clubs and none from italy..

Basically I think that Benfica is a team that should be content with winning the league and reaching europa league finals, they're not one of those "should always qualify from CL group stage" teams.


They're not, but they could. Hell, Benfica were close to beating Chelsea some years ago when the blues won the CL, didn't they lose because of a missed penalty or something of the kind? I can't remember right, but I think that was on the quarter-finals.
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