that's garbage. he deserved the ban

9/14/2009 3:14:38 PM

Quote :

"Following examination of all the evidence, notably the declarations of both the referee and the referees' assessor, as well as the various video footage, it was not established to the panel's satisfaction that the referee had been deceived in taking his decision on the penalty."

even though Eduardo fell face first in the box after NO contact from the keeper. riiiiiiiiiight. i, too, think he deserved the ban.

9/14/2009 3:20:47 PM

BULLSHIT.

9/14/2009 3:22:34 PM

The reason it was overturned was that UEFA realized that if they upheld it they would have to enforce this for every player and team, and there is no way they would ever ban someone like Wayne Rooney or Steven Gerrard.

9/14/2009 3:56:42 PM

God I hate Arsenal so fucking much...

9/14/2009 7:29:43 PM

^^Lol. you got those arsenlol blinders on hard there.

rules are rules. either enforce them or don't. but don't say you're going to and then not do it.

9/14/2009 7:38:44 PM

How do I have Arsenal blinders on? I even said in this thread that what Eduardo did pissed me off, and I support a ban IF UEFA is going to be consistent with it and do it to everyone. Them overturning it is admitting that they have no intention of enforcing it ever.

9/14/2009 8:08:46 PM

maybe i misinterpreted your sentiment, but it looked as though (in that post at least) you thought overturning the ban was the right thing to do. i guess the last part of your sentence - where you said Rooney and Gerrard would never be punished for similar action - is what threw me off.

but i guess we agree it's pointless to say one thing and do another as far as rules go. and i'll agree that overturning this ban is admitting they don't have any intention of enforcing this rule. my b.

9/14/2009 8:34:20 PM

games today:
Juventus v Bordeaux
Maccabi Haifa v Bayern München
VfL Wolfsburg v CSKA Moskva
Besiktas v Manchester United
Zürich v Real Madrid
Olympique Marseille v Milan
Chelsea v FC Porto
Atlético Madrid v APOEL

9/15/2009 11:42:32 AM

UEFA

9/15/2009 1:15:04 PM

ronaldo scored a free kick from what i read on soccernet...so much for him not being able to score there....he has like 3 or 4 goals already

former united players scoring everywhere. heinze just tied up marseille with milan

[Edited on September 15, 2009 at 3:51 PM. Reason : f]

9/15/2009 3:48:02 PM

too bad the current united players can't score tonight.

9/15/2009 4:05:05 PM

you right. rooney and carrick off for berbatov and owen...owen magic time??

[Edited on September 15, 2009 at 4:09 PM. Reason : and by magic i mean worst first touch ever...]

9/15/2009 4:06:39 PM

seems from the espn commentary that Rooney threw a bit of a fit after coming off... somebody's gotta make up for Ronaldo, I guess

9/15/2009 4:10:59 PM

^^lol

[Edited on September 15, 2009 at 4:11 PM. Reason : k]

9/15/2009 4:11:07 PM

im watching it online. he was shaking his head which looked more like he was mad at himself...i didnt see much else


valencia nearly scored...he is quite quick


cody tell me you are watching online and heard the way this guy just said Berbatov...

[Edited on September 15, 2009 at 4:13 PM. Reason : f]

9/15/2009 4:11:53 PM

commentary said:

Quote :

"Rooney is clearly being saved for Saturday's derby with Man City but he still doesn't like it. He slammed his boots on the floor when he sat down on the bench."

9/15/2009 4:13:03 PM

Quote :

"Rooney is clearly being saved for Saturday's derby with Man City but he still doesn't like it. He slammed his boots on the floor when he sat down on the bench. Rooney had a bit of a slanging match with some Turkish fans behind the dugout too after being subbed. Calm down Wayne, calm down."

9/15/2009 4:13:20 PM

nani is looking more like he's about to start a michael jackson cover show rather than doing anything in this game...

[Edited on September 15, 2009 at 4:16 PM. Reason : btw, how does inzaghi keep scoring goals?? hes gotta be 40 now lol]

9/15/2009 4:15:29 PM

haha he really does look like Billie Jean era Michael Jackson... my dad didn't think so when I pointed that out the other day during the Spurs game though

9/15/2009 4:16:40 PM

lol zurich got 2 back agaisnt madrid, 3-2 there now

9/15/2009 4:17:42 PM

shit looked dangerous in the united game. then my feed cut out, i had a feeling a goal happened and apparently scholes scored

9/15/2009 4:19:50 PM

w00t!

9/15/2009 4:20:10 PM

i saw nani drill one and the keeper popped it up into the middle and i guess scholes headed into an open net when my feed went out...paul scholes, he scores goals

9/15/2009 4:21:02 PM

THE GINGER PRINCE!

9/15/2009 7:53:37 PM

Really looking forward to this Barca/Inter match this evening

FSC 7pm

9/16/2009 9:14:28 AM

must be a replay, game is at 2:45p eastern

lulz at the game starting at 1am local time in italy

9/16/2009 9:46:13 AM

yeah... there are 2 other matches on FSC before that

Why they wouldn't want to show the Barca/Inter match live is beyond me...it's the best matchup of this stage.

9/16/2009 10:09:30 AM

I thought a 2:45pm game for us would be 8:45 for the Central European Time zone which Italy uses.

9/16/2009 10:23:33 AM

APOEL MY TEAM DREW IN MADRID !!! HOLA

9/16/2009 11:07:42 AM

^^ yeah it is

9/16/2009 1:33:25 PM

Arsenal already down 0-2 5 minutes in.

9/16/2009 2:50:14 PM

LOL

9/16/2009 2:53:45 PM

sounds like everyone's favorite Croatian made a brilliant play to set up the first for the opposition

9/16/2009 2:55:14 PM

sounds like they were a victim of a dive as well

9/16/2009 3:21:34 PM

lol at soccernet commentary

Quote :

"17' Mannone's kicking is very suspect early on, he slices another one under no real pressure. If I were Liege I'd be taking Lionel Richie's advice and peppering the box with crosses all night long."

9/16/2009 3:38:51 PM

Arsenal fights back to take a 3-2 lead

9/16/2009 4:31:50 PM

I hate Arsenal so much.

9/16/2009 7:04:53 PM

9/16/2009 7:13:07 PM

3-2 to the ARSENAL

9/16/2009 7:15:55 PM

I had no idea they were trying out 6 officials in the Europa League

interesting

9/17/2009 8:29:19 AM

I am watching the replay of Arsenal/Standard. After both goals, Standard's fans sang "Hey Baby." Reminds me of how Man U sings United Road.

9/17/2009 3:13:08 PM

oh we back

hopefully I can find a decent Setanta stream that works the entire game

9/29/2009 2:24:55 PM

FIORENTINA

9/29/2009 2:41:54 PM

damn no luck so far, I might have to just wait and watch the FSC replay at 5

9/29/2009 2:49:40 PM

Inter are trying their damnedest to not get out of their group, which would be a disgrace.

9/29/2009 2:50:37 PM

which would be a disgrace hilarious.

9/29/2009 3:36:31 PM

that too

LOLOL

9/29/2009 3:38:38 PM

Liverpool down 2-0, a grand total of 1 shot in the first 45 which was Gerrard from about 30 yards out.

9/29/2009 3:39:51 PM

ONE-NIL to the Arsenal. Van Persie in the 78th

9/29/2009 4:23:00 PM