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Regarding the red card, I absolutely think it was deserved. Both yellows were instances where Materazzi clearly held back or tripped Torres after Torres had beaten Materazzi. It's one thing for defenders to go in strong when trying to win the ball, but defenders that employ this dishonorable method of cheating deserve every yellow they get.
And to be fair, it's not like Carragher and Hyypia don't do this once in a while. They deserve their yellow cards as well, on occasion.
Sometimes, defenders are smart to risk getting a yellow by taking down their opposition attacker... if it prevents a goal scoring opportunity, then a yellow card may be worth it. But certainly not worth doing so far from goal, when you already have a yellow as Materazzi did.
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how many times do we see that week in and week out on corners in england, and i never hear any of you say a thing about that.. but all the sudden the italians are cheating bastards... i mean really, it warranted a warning then a yellowShirt pulling is techically touching even if you merely grab a lose bit of the shirt!
how many times do we see that week in and week out on corners in england, and i never hear any of you say a thing about that.. but all the sudden the italians are cheating bastards... i mean really, it warranted a warning then a yellow
Ok mate, i feel you really want an answer to why 'matrix' was sent off. lets keep all other reasons and facts aside, because you dont seem to want to buy any, and say that it's the kind of image 'matrix' has created for himself over the recent past. He's got no one to blame other than himself. Now even if he's innocent, refs will penalize him.
ummm no, one instance torres barely got touched, he should have received the yellow
In the one instance he was "barely touched", Materazzi clipped his heels from behind. Torres, running at full speed trying to dribble falls over. Not a big mystery. It's a foul.
If you have some video evidence showing it was a dive, please link it. I only watched the game coverage and the replays during the broadcast and neither looked dives to me. Both yellows looked like the classic "defender gives the opposing forward an illegal nudge or grab after the defender is beaten" that you see week in and week out. If not dives, then yellows are deserved.
If you have video showing it was a dive, I'm interested. Otherwise, I'm believing what I saw on TV, they were fouls.
Well. You played well (or amazing by your current standards) but it would've been completely different had Inter gone straight for you. Maybe it's not the Italian way, but they should've known you lot would be up for it. Still, I'd say you're definitely through to the next round, cause you won't lose 3-0 in Milan.
I just hated people saying Benitez' choice to put Kuyt on instead of Crouch was justified by his goal, thats bullshit, Kuyt is USELESS!
Well. You played well (or amazing by your current standards) but it would've been completely different had Inter gone straight for you. Maybe it's not the Italian way, but they should've known you lot would be up for it. Still, I'd say you're definitely through to the next round, cause you won't lose 3-0 in Milan.
I just hated people saying Benitez' choice to put Kuyt on instead of Crouch was justified by his goal, thats bullshit, Kuyt is USELESS!
and thats wrong, plain and simple.. utterly ridiculous if that is why the ref gave him two yellows

Being a C.Ronaldo fan you would say that
I didnt know about Matarrazi's improvement as Lo Zio mentioned. However what goes around comes around. If anything it should stay that way imo, not to harm him or Inter but to show an example to youngsters that if you cheat it will only harm you in the long run.

how many times do we see that week in and week out on corners in england, and i never hear any of you say a thing about that.. but all the sudden the italians are cheating bastards... i mean really, it warranted a warning then a yellow
exactly. these bloody liverpool fans canta dmit unfair justice. the referee was clearly on your side throughout the game. i fucking hope inter dump these scums out of the competition and thats coming from a english supporter.
the first tackle was a foul but a yellow? LOL you got to be kidding me there were worse tackles then that and never recieved a yellow and what was gerrard doing diving like a complete muppet all the time in teh 1st half
yes this is a great example to youngsters, just like in real life, you commit a crime, your punished for it, you go to jail, serve your time to society, get out and your still treated like a criminal... your sure your not from texas?
Not from Texas though." my point is that enjoy the good times and as frustrating as it is; bear with the bad times because at the end of the day; you'll always love your club with all your heart."
very very well said Plan M![]()

Even if the ref was on our side, a bit of justice for 1965 no?![]()
. he damaged inter and liverpool with his wrong calls (i can't understand why he didn't give liverpool a penalty for vieira's handball). http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=594184
There are some problems in the club. Let's hope it leads to poor league form.