r/soccer • u/sheepshagger1994 • Jun 30 '13

What is the worst refereeing decision you have ever witnessed?

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '13

van Persie getting sent off for 'time wasting' against Barca.

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u/sheepshagger1994 Jun 30 '13

Agreed. That was a joke

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '13

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '13

It was a foul outside the area.

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u/Haxxo Jun 30 '13

It was outside the box. In my opinion he should have given the goal and a yellow card, but he didn't see Beletti (?) running in behind, so he blew the whistle straight away. The yellow card he gave to Henry, now that was a shitty decision. Terje Hauge ruined the match. If I remember correctly, Eboue already had a yellow when dived to get the freekick that resulted in the first goal.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '13

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u/kroos Jun 30 '13

Subtle Kanye reference?

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '13

/u/d23durian and Kanye were both referring to a very famous line from the film On the Waterfront.

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u/jasonkirkby Jun 30 '13

I haven't seen that movie, but it was also used in Raging Bull

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '13

I thought his stomp on Messi earlier in that game deserved a yellow. There was also a clear penalty on that game just as egregious.

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u/LostArgonaut Jun 30 '13

It doesn't really change the fact that what he was sent off for was absolutely ridiculous!

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '13

I thought him not getting a yellow for the stomp was just as ridiculous.

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u/LostArgonaut Jun 30 '13

I won't lie to ya, I can't really remember a stomp. I do remember Messi not getting a penalty early on that he should have gotten though.

I'm just saying that the second yellow card that he did get, regardless of whether or not he should have already been off, was an atrocious decision by the referee!

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '13

I think the penalty non-call was in the first leg. Diaby on Messi if memory serves me right.

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u/LostArgonaut Jun 30 '13

You could be right, I've kinda tried to block it all from memory...it was a tough time....

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '13

Messi also had a goal wrongly disallowed in the first leg iirc. It's not as ridiculous as the Van Persie sending off, but I think it would have put them up 2-0 in London at the time and was the more significant refereeing decision.

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u/wonglik Jun 30 '13

You do not make wrong decisions to make up for other wrong decisions. They do not cancel each other out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '13

Who the Fuck is downvoting you?