Tag: Offsides

  • Referees Keep Ruining Big Games (Bayern Munich vs Barcelona)

    Yes, it wasn’t a fair fight. Bayern Munich steamrolled over Barcelona with a 4-0 victory that already puts them in the Champions League without a real need for a second leg. And yet, the feeling that referee Viktor Kassai messed up one a lot of big decisions, including three goals, gives another example of the crisis in terms of match refereeing football is experiencing, while nothing is done (hint: start using replays) to make things better.

  • Referees Don’t Know What an Offside Is (Borussia Dortmund vs Malaga)

    Referees Don’t Know What an Offside Is (Borussia Dortmund vs Malaga)

    The Champions League won probably by getting Dortmund to score an illegal goal in the 93rd minute, giving them a 3-2 aggregate win in the quarterfinals, as Felipe Santana scored the dramatic winner after a double offside went unnoticed by the referees. Earlier, Eliseu scored the potential winning goal also from an offside the linesmen and the referee missed.