Re: SL Benfica Supporters Thread
I don't agree. I thought the ref had to make 190 decisions and he did REALlllllly well.. on 187 of them. I only disagreed with 2-3 things when an avg ref gets more than 20 decisions wrong since he has no replay like us.
BUT I definitely agree that was a penalty. The one with Motta but who knows if penalty would've been goal? If Deco and Eto'o can miss from 4 yards out.. it's not to say a penalty is definitely a goal so all we can do is guess.
Great entertaining match though, Barca the better team in first half with 4-5 good goal-scoring opportunities all missed and Benfica clearly the better side in 2nd half and could've won the match perhaps with that PK or other chances.
One of the best 0-0's I've seen, had everything. had the midfield battle.. the tackles.. the shots on target and off target.. the crowd was great!
Everything was beautiful and great match!!
I liked how this referee let a lot of Stupid fouls refs give, GO unpunished so match got great pace and excitment to it instead of that stupid ref who did Villarrea vs. Rangers and in first 20 mins gave 89 fouls so players/fans were pissed off cuz he wouldn't even play advantage.. whistle whistle whistle.
Bennet did really well and let match flow and a big reason why this match was exciting was because of his refereeing and refusing to give bullshit fouls to either team for bodychecks/diving, unfortunately one of his few mistakes in game was a DEFINITE PK for Benfica he somehow didn't give!
So I don't think it's fair to say overall bad referee.. cuz he did very well for most part except ONE big bad decision

.