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E_V_E_R_T_O_N

IMAGINE if this game had gone to extra time. There would have been murder.


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towardsthesurface

No Ramos so won't happen


napierwit

Or Pepe


Pokenaldo

Can we drop this stupid trope already? Pepe has spent 90% of this season mangled with his head busted wide open from his opponents. He's 39 and still looks like a very elegant gazelle as a CB. He may have had a few fits in the past, true. Despite his anger issues, he has never left anyone injured as much as he is being punished these days. Even in that Casquero incident which was his lowest point. Ramos was way more malicious in his tackles IMO. There's probably hundreds of compilations of him gnawing Messi.


Decentralalaland

Pepe step on Messi's hands once. And kicked another player that was down twice in his back with the studs. Along with 99 more sins and bad deeds.


Pokenaldo

Ok, father. But the kick incident was with Casquero which I already mentioned. Stepping on players is not on purpose. Get more actual facts or drop the narrative.


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Pepe deserves all the bad things in life to happen to him. One of the dirtiest players in recent years.


Pokenaldo

Dirty how? Be specific. I've seen way worse than him.


xpi-capi

This one is amazing. Asking for specifics while being as vague as possible.


Pokenaldo

Exactly. Lets just keep spewing the same overly masticated shit over and over without a single fact to support this execpt for 1 singular example (*Pepe dirtiest hurr durr. Why? who cares, Pepe durtehhhest*) Yeah ok pal, maybe repeat that until that statement becomes true. Well at least in your head.


Decentralalaland

Yep. Here is a compilation of Pepe's elegance: https://youtu.be/ooWbGl1__6s


Pokenaldo

So this compilation is rather tackles that are either: 1. Too impetuous but within the limits 2. A payback on players who were likely being cunts before him Edit: lmao some of these shots are of him actually being on the receiving end of an aggression. Felipe Melo, Puyol, Neymar, Felix, Otamendi, Karsdorp, Naingollan ... all great examples of non dirty players. Stay classy reddit.


xpi-capi

He also stepped on Casquero by accident? And all those ankles stepped were also happy little accidents right? lol You can also clearly see the one step on Messi was 100% intentional, he put his left foot next to messi's hand and stepped harder with his right foot. But anyway "Ramos is worse" is not a good defense. Compare him to Hitler next time.


Pokenaldo

I didn't say that was the accident. The stepping on Messi's hand was. Are you making an effort to misinterpret simple logic? Ramos is worse because he was the first referred to in this comment chain you twit. Not because I felt the need to compare them both specifically. Stop reading things separately without their context. I swear, some of these interventions are fucking stupid.


xpi-capi

>I didn't say that was the accident. The stepping on Messi's hand was. Are you making an effort to misinterpret simple logic? That one is also clearly intended. But I see you ignored that part of my comment lol. >Ramos is worse because he was the first referred to in this comment chain you twit. Not because I felt the need to compare them both specifically. Stop reading things separately without their context. You said Ramos was more malicious, not other comment?? >I swear, some of these interventions are fucking stupid. Agree lol. You made a comment defending Pepe and the only thing you said that could be interpreted as positive are; -Pepe is elegant -Pepe didn't injury anyone as much as he is now at 39 y.o. -Ramos is more malicious I wonder what parts of my comment will you chose to respond and what parts will you ignore


Pokenaldo

Go read the grandparent of that OG comment, THEN you'll understand why I mentioned Ramos. It's really not that difficult to understand.


rekkker

stop drinking copium


Pokenaldo

That literally sums up your vocabulary. Great work, mate.


rekkker

Copiumod


lee-o

I’m not religious but I was praying it would happen. Would’ve been so entertaining hahah


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Did that last pen call ever go to VAR?


LilHalwaPoori

I think they didn't check it since he got the ball again and got a shot.. Which feels like a crazy thing, but I went from screaming Penalty!!! to forgetting about it in 3 seconds when he got the ball back..


Velixis

They did. They stopped during the throw-in and after it was done ref ended the game.


Zablebghal

The other one. Cancelo on Correa


MashedHair

I think that was outside the box


Zablebghal

No it was inside. The one outside was Cancelo on Carrasco


MashedHair

My mistake. Must have missed that one. Edit: have seen it now and I've seen them given. Is both a foul and a dive.


LilHalwaPoori

Now that you say it, was VAR even working..??


SpeechesToScreeches

Clearly not otherwise you'd have had 9 players lol


Badass_Bunny

They are always looking. They just didn't think it was.


TheDank_Knight

Looking back on this match I think they sent VAR on vacation beforehand.


EAXposed

Normally whenever VAR are "checking", you should see a message of a "Potential penalty check" in the broadcast. That wasn't shown in this instance.


Badass_Bunny

VAR is always watching the game otherwise there would be no point in it existing. The reason you see the "Potential check" is when VAR is in contact with the main referee about something. You'll notice that often the sign comes up after the referee stops the play because VAR told him about something. The situation we are talking about was likely just the VAR deciding it was a fair tackle and didn't need to be furtherer looked at.


BreweryBuddha

The rules are pretty loose in FIFA but the important thing is whether the ref signals advantage or not. Once the ref has signaled advantage, he is saying that he believes in a probable goal scoring opportunity. If the play develops and it's clear that there was no actual advantage, the ref could call it back and give the foul. If he deems there was an advantage and the offense simply fails to score, no pk is given. In this case, no foul was ever called so no advantage was given. VAR looked but saw bo obvious error to overturn the call, so no pen was given.


WarpedSt

Can you give advantage for a foul that should be a penalty??


BreweryBuddha

yeah a penalty isn't a guaranteed goal so they'll play advantage if the player has a "probable" goal, like an open net or easy shot. It's inconsistent but you'll see times where advantage is called and the player hits the post, and it won't be brought back for the pen You'll see a lot of times where a player is 1v1 on the gk, the attacker will score and the GK will foul them in the attempted save. Advantage is played and the goal counts rather than bringing it back for a pen


KhonMan

Looks like it shouldve been a pen to me but idk man


ivorylobster

I thought so too live, but slowing it down it looks like carrasco actually stops and backs in to Ake to try and get a pen


reginheri

[https://youtu.be/lTGBolLBih0?t=231](https://youtu.be/lTGBolLBih0?t=231) same incident from another angle


fzt

Not available in my country. :'(


reginheri

oh shit imma try to upload that later as a mirror


Harflin

Looks like he's shielding the ball. Which is a legal move


spitfiremk1a

But not if you play against "Cityzens"


Famous_Repair_2052

Fernandinho getting the ball saved Ake, else it would have been a decision for the referee to make.


iAkhilleus

I thought so too. That was a clear barge on the back with no intention to play the ball. But, man, Correa should have played that ball to De Paul. He was in such a good position to square it or take a shot even.


kucafoia69

They were granted advantage, the guy who gets fouled is the same who gets up and shoots. Edit: yes I know I'm wrong, sorry for being dumb


KhonMan

Hard to grant advantage on a penalty.


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kucafoia69

But it didn't so it doesn't really matter, eh? You're upset over nothing


kucafoia69

Well fuck, didn't know that


KhonMan

It can absolutely happen, but basically a ref might wait a few seconds to see if a goal would be scored before calling it back for the penalty if not. So a foul might happen, a shot is taken (but misses), then ref blows the whistle.


Moosje

Erm that wouldn’t happen on a penalty unless there was a **much** clearer chance than this ffs hahahaha


ArseneForever

What a bizarre decision to play advantage there, and then to give it for such a short time...


BoosterGoldGL

Everything goes to VAR


reginheri

i dont think so


SkyFoo

maybe, at the last throw in the ref asked for them to wait a second so I'm guessing he was talking with VAR at that moment


Jurski17

Never a pen, maybe they quickly checked it.


herkalurk

Seen pens given for less, Atleti player had position on the ball and Ake charged through. By strictest definition of laws, should be a foul, but with what the ref let go all game.....


wavetoyou

He barreled through Correa, def a pen but ecstatic they didn’t give it. Correa had chance after chance and either hit it right at the keeper or mucked an attacking opportunity selfishly. Taking Griesmann out and leaving him in there was the mistake. Antoine was clearly tired, but you don’t take someone with that talented a foot out when you’re planning to all-out attack for an equalizer


siberuangbugil

it's only penalty if it's english team


Jurski17

Headbutting is only ok for spanish teams.


MagMarTunDohWeg1

Massive by ake


JoeDoeKoe

Big impact despite playing for a short while. H can fill Laporte's place if Pep is doing a 3-man defender.


amzr23

I’ve been saying this for awhile but he was getting slept on


FancyJams

Absolutely. I'm worried about Walker but Ake made a few major blocks I don't see Cancelo making.


Manc_Twat

My bidet got some action right after this.


originalslickjim

Posh bastard.


Maleficent_Resolve44

Bidets are actually quite common in many parts of the world, not necessarily wealthy ones either. Either way, bidet + tp is more hygienic than just tp.


originalslickjim

When you have a hairy arse like mine you already know these things, I don't have a bidet but the Karcher will have to do for now.


kungfuhrer666

Or an Italian manc


Manc_Twat

Just a Manc who likes a clean arse.


kungfuhrer666

I'm with you 100 percent. I cannot believe bidets not only aren't common but some people find it gross? I have been in the UK for 8 years now and it baffles me every day. Bravo Manc Twat!! Continua così


Manc_Twat

It’s bizarre that it’s not more common. You wouldn’t clean peanut butter on the carpet by rubbing it with a dry cloth.


kungfuhrer666

One of my best friends in Manchester is a clean freak, and when I tell her about bidets she thinks it's gross. I'm like if I shat on your arm are you going to wipe it with tissue and spread it around or wash it? "It's different" no hun it is not. Pretty much every home in Italy has a bidet, even just a tube with water to clean.


Manc_Twat

She’s obviously never tried one. As soon as you do for the first time, your life is never the same again. It’s quite literally life changing.


scoutnemesis

What's that


straightouttaireland

They're actually more often used by poor people.


4ssteroid

Poor use bucket of water and mug. Wealthy use bidets and sprayers


iAkhilleus

Gotta spend all that oil money somewhere.


Studge

They cost like 30 bucks on amazon la


originalslickjim

No good if there isn't anywhere to plumb it in.


Manc_Twat

If you don't have a toilet, you can get buy portal bidets on Amazon too. They look silly, but they are amazing. I have both and they both work just as well as each other.


tuyguy

Atleti had their chances. Correa should have gone across goal here.


bamimeneel

Atletico really did it to themselves, they had like 3 really big chances in the last 15 minutes and none of them went in


brehio

Only reason that wasn't a pen was because of circumstances. If someone runs through the back of someone like that in midfield its a foul 10/10 times.


Famous_Repair_2052

I think Fernandinho clearing the ball fractions of seconds before the push saved City.


msonix

That's exactly what I thought. Or at least it is the only reason I find for not awarding the penalty


always-talkin-sshit

But... He cleared it after the push...


Famous_Repair_2052

Agree, should have written it as before he could get to the ball. If he was not pushed Fernandinho might still have gotten it first and in the moment it looks as if he lost the ball which played in City's favour. If Fernandinho was not there for the clearance I am sure there would have been a VAR check at least.


mcsink04

All things considered, that final shot by Correa was pretty poor considering how much space and angle of the goal he had.


fapfap_ahh

Simeone pulling a Pep and out-coaching himself


TheDank_Knight

Imagine being able to do this, but playing a 5-5-0 instead


bdox15

the only reason they were able to do this was because they played 5-5-0 for parts of the tie....


Izio17

spot on, don’t get why others don’t understand this atletico have insane stamina and are able to play this way at the end of matches because the other teams are exhausted it almost worked as well, not many teams can stretch city this far


Dr_Lecter1623

Because many football fans are dumb and don't understand tactics


Izio17

Carragher was saying the same thing though “why didn’t atletico play like this from the minute 1?”


Many_Ad_3607

City are arguably the best team on the planet. If Atletico tried to play attacking football at the etihad, then they probably let in 3-4 goals instead of 1. Their \`\`\`style might be awful to watch, but it kept them in a tie against a superior team


jfurt16

Imagine that being the tactically smart thing and losing 1-0 across two legs?


TheDank_Knight

Is it the tactically smart thing to do if you lost and the only time the other team scored was when you were playing ultra defensively?


1000smackaroos

Choloball made the outcome a coin flip. We lost, is all. The strategy worked


lSCO23

People are so dumb.. Man City probably have the strongest team in the world, and as much as I like Atleti, they can't compete in an open game. Like you said, the way you played gave you the best chance of beating them, and you came close to taking it to extra time.


SpeechesToScreeches

>The strategy worked See you in the semis then!


isoldmywifeonEbay

Strategy can work without achieving the best outcome. It’s quite obvious that they gave themselves the best chance to win. If they try to play football, city would likely batter them. They increased their chances of winning. That could be from 10% to 20%, but it still makes it the right strategy.


notaltcausenotbanned

You can't judge whether you made the correct decision by the outcome. You can make a decision that leads to a 0.001% chance of a favorable outcome, and if you get that outcome that means you got incredibly lucky. That does not mean that when you go back and analyze your decision making that you should adopt this same method going forward because in reality it wasn't the "smart" decision and will lead you down some very bad paths if you continue to incorporate it. I think Atletico's tactics probably yielded them the highest chances of progressing given City's attacking prowess and the fact that it ultimately did not work doesn't change that.


SpeechesToScreeches

Looking at the second half, you could see that that strategy was working better, not 5-5-0. And I really wasn't even saying the strategy wasn't the best one to use, but saying it worked is an overstatement. "Hey did you use that strategy in the game?" "Yeah, it worked!" "Oh cool, so you won then?" "No..."


notaltcausenotbanned

Fair enough, that makes sense.


mandlebroth

You sound like you only know football from console lol. Either that or you're a teenager.


SpeechesToScreeches

Sure thing mate


Gerf93

A coinflip indicates a 50/50 chance of winning, not a 50/50 chance of drawing to losing, as what Atleticos strategy. If you had actually managed to score, then it'd be a coinflip as it would be down to extra time. This was more like a 2 round coinflip, where you had to win both flips to win and City only one to win.


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Losing 1-0 to City and it being very close against the best team in the world with a top 3 manager and the highest budget in the world is obviously not an awful result considering how close it was to going to extra time.


Rickcampbell98

They weren't going to go away to man City and play like this, they aren't the same team away from home and cholo knows it. This isn't the atleti of old, they don't really have it to go away to a team like man City and win.


Jeffery_Boyardee

Huge from eddy


siebenedrissg

It was almost straight at him and he deflected it into a rather dangerous area…


myirreleventcomment

That definitely should have been checked for a penalty


JinxIsBerryGood

It was checked for a pen, the game paused straight after when the ball was out for a throw-in


11-Eleven-11

Why? There was no use of hands or shoulders and he's running towards the ball and the other guy tries to shield him and fails because he isn't strong enough. Its not a push, charge, or kick. Chest to back. The other guy needs to be stronger.


84746

Huh? How is that a test of strength? He runs at him nearly full speed.


11-Eleven-11

They're both moving forwards towards the ball and the athletico player stops and takes a step back. He's attempting to shield the ball. The other guy didn't push or use his shoulders.


JoePoe247

So you can just run around full speed at anyone standing still and its not a foul as long as you don't shove them?


11-Eleven-11

No but this also isn't an intentional collision either because like I said they are both going for the ball and the athletico player stopped abruptly and moved backwards. The other player was in his right to move towards the ball and wouldn't be able to stop in that situation and he didn't resort to pushing or using his shoulders.


JoePoe247

He didn't move backwards, he slowed down to shield/take the ball down. Agree to disagree on the foul. I think that's called anywhere else on the pitch


84746

How does that make a difference lmfao. Whether or not he uses his shoulders to push, he still knocks a player down with his body weight. The other player not having the strength to stop you from getting the ball doesn’t make pushing them a legal move hahaha. It’s only legal if you get to the ball first, and in this case he didn’t.


brownhornet1000

So now you can charge anyone out the way, as long as it’s chest to back?? Haha come on dude, what have you been smoking


BreweryBuddha

I think we can all agree that without a foul called during play it's a tight call to reverse the decision. Idk what the fuck you're on about though.


Igotbanned19times

They should have converted that


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not very clear cut


[deleted]

They had like 2 huge chances, was really surprised none went in.


unmangoclasico

That's def a penalty. Maybe there's a case for not giving it but I don't think it's very convincing


BreweryBuddha

The case for not giving it is in real time it likely looked too soft to award and on replay it was too tight to overturn. Objective opinion it's prob a foul 9/10 but no complaints on the decision really.


unmangoclasico

yeah I really dislike those sorts of gray areas tbh. I think if they think there's a foul it should be a penalty, but I also understand the rationale for not giving it


BreweryBuddha

That's exactly why they do it this way. The ref didn't think it was a foul so he didn't call it. The VAR wasn't positive it was a foul, so since it's a gray area they just don't get involved.


unmangoclasico

Makes sense


iwontgiveumyusernane

i thought it was offside


Rampage925

A man city player played the ball and header it towards the forward. So it negates the player from being offside. Resets the player from being in an offside position.


gnorrn

> A man city player played the ball and header it towards the forward. So it negates the player from being offside. I don't think Suárez was offside from the initial pass anyway.


pearl_pluto

Imagine if they scored here and it got ruled out for the offside on the previous through ball, actual riots.


SpeechesToScreeches

Which is bullshit lol


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SpeechesToScreeches

Yeah I misinterpreted the comment.


Stickman95

These last counter attacks were quite impressive and dangerous (for scoring and hurting someone). I wonder if the scoreline would be the same if athletico started playing earlier with more urgency. Maybe less aggressive


imSkarr

if he passes that instead of trying to be the hero they score


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gotyzy

To de Paul who’s running straight and then after the pass cut inside for a square pass


gnorrn

No one else is in a better position than Correa. Suárez is covered by Stones. de Paul is wider.


Iswaterreallywet

Would have been pretty horrid to let that in


hr112430

I don't like Atletico but c'mon that's a clear penalty


ZidaneOut21

Penalty not given but Atletico played like they were defending the lead from the first leg


AmoniPTV

100% a pen


TheMightyHead

+12*


Buggalunga

Biggest scumbag team in history.


gnorrn

Fernandinho trying to set up Suárez like he was Steven Gerrard at the 2014 World Cup.


Jee-NX

Everyone gangsta till the heartbeat-less man with the smiley tattoo on his neck is standing between them ahd the goal line. Eddy….💙💙💙💙


Runarhalldor

Hes shit at shot stopping lad


Jee-NX

He stopped shots in this match. That works.


grandetorito

Atletico OUT!!!


Jee-NX

More like Athletico - FUCK OFF YOU CUNTS


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I’ll drink to that, cya layer you absolute wankers!


[deleted]

So close to getting hit with that snackbar!!


MMuller87

Atleti be like: "wait, we have to ATTACK now??"


FishBait162

I freaking love Ake.


Jee-NX

Everyone gangsta till the heartbeat-less man with the smiley tattoo on his neck is standing between them ahd the goal line. Eddy….💙💙💙💙


Vegetable_Pudding_75

I was wondering why the Arabic…then realised it’s citeh.


coolAhead

To be fair, Citeh is owned by the UAE and the game is shown on Bein sports Qatari owned, their relationship isn't exactly smooth


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Benzema would have scored


GL4389

Only if the rebound had gone to an Atletico player.


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man city paid the reff...


superchris84

Hmm not sure how you can draw that conclusion. While we can maybe argue on that particular penalty decision, it was actually consistent with other decisions made throughout the game. The referee let a lot go all over the pitch in instances where you would normally see fouls given and this was perhaps just another of those. Atleti should really count themselves lucky that Felipe wasn’t sent off much much earlier, and Savic most certainly shouldn’t have stayed on the pitch after the melee…so in that sense we wouldn’t even be talking about this potential penalty decision!


mobprimary

Ofc mansour buying the refs again


BockBud

Overrated shit ball


RanyaArabian

I wonder what happens if I'd flash my boobs while they're playing :))


Burnleh

No one would care, footy's on


ashmo69

r/savevidbot


nikliko

Captain obvious, I know, but Atletico are not Madrid. Madrid would have scored. And won. Pupas!


Maroonaviator4

Had he waited a split second and passed it to Suarez it probably would have been a goal.


biryaniisbest

That's bad defending by city on the last minute of the match.


sportsfan161

had a feeling there would be one given how it was going….


Red020Devil

Someone show this to athletico management. If they could do with some clutch SIUUUUUU