Juu wako one goal down na walishindwa weekend lazima the opponent apewe Red?
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Sasa players wakifoul wengine wasipewe cardi juu ref ataonekana anafavor Barca?
Torres deserved those two yellows; no doubt
Fernando Torres raged that
Atletico Madrid are not treated equally to Barcelona
by referees after his early red card turned their
Champions League quarter-final, first leg around.
Torres had put Atletico in front at the Camp Nou
before seeing two quick-fire yellow cards to leave
the visitors a man light for over an hour.
Luis Suarez finally converted Barca’s relentless
second-half pressure into a 2-1 lead as he struck
twice in 12 minutes.
However, Atletico were enraged as unlike Torres,
Suarez escaped punishment for a kick out at
Juanfran and an off-the-ball incident with Filipe
Luis.
“They shouldn’t have been cards. If it had been the
other way around then they wouldn’t have been
given,” Torres told Spanish radio station Cadena
Cope.
“With 11 (men) we would have won without any
doubt.”
And the former Liverpool and Chelsea striker
claimed UEFA have their priorities wrong after
making both sides play in their away kits to avoid a
colour clash.
“UEFA worry about making us change shirts, but
they didn’t appoint a referee that is up to the level of
the Champions League quarter-finals.”
Luis went even further by implying UEFA are scared
of Barcelona not reaching the final.
“I don’t know what Barca players have to do to get
sent off just like us,” Luis told Spanish TV station
MEGA.
“You can tell there is fear that Barca will be
eliminated.”
Atletico’s players’ choice of words could prove
costly should UEFA feel the need to impose bans on
those that have launched attacks on German
referee Felix Brych.
Coach Diego Simeone was more measured in his
criticism and was happy to escape Catalonia with
the tie still in the balance.
“There were more than two incidents involving
Suarez,” said Atletico boss Diego Simeone.
“I can’t say what I think, but I am not angry with
Fernando (Torres) for sure.”
“We had a great first-half, in the second we tried to
limit the damage as much as possible for the game
that is still to come.”
Barca boss Luis Enrique was understandably less
sympathetic towards Torres. “Both of Torres’s two
yellow cards are clear,” he said.
“They may have been unintentional, but they are
clear.”
Barca saw a 39-game unbeaten run come to an end
with defeat to Real Madrid and their bid to become
the first side to retain the Champions League looked
under serious threat before Torres’s dismissal
changed the course of the game.
However, Enrique dismissed suggestions his side
are beginning to pay physically for the demands of
playing in six competitions this season.
“Watching the second half there is no physical
problem,” he added.
"We played with enthusiasm, but also a cool head
because if you only play with the heart it is
dangerous.
“I think we did enough to have won by one more
goal.”
What about Alves and Suarez?..
Acha watapatana na Bayern
How about Lucas who escaped an outright red for a scissor tackle on Dani Alves? I still think the ref was fair in that game
Uefalona never disappoints.
This tie is far from over. Barca’s defence is not very good and Atletico might pull a surprise in the return leg.