by Rez Fri May 04, 2007 3:05 pm
Red n' Black wrote:@ Rez: About the game, i'm sure Vidic could have been booked on more than one occassion too. Therefore, i don't really think the 'ref was a Milan fan'.
You are right Vidic should have been booked for his foul on Gillardino (or was it Kaka) when he came through the back of him.
The thing that annoyed me was that Gattuso fouled a united player whenever he got into a decent position (didnt happen very often as we were useless in the final third). He made two tackles on Ronaldo in the first 30 minutes which could easily have been yellow cards, but the ref did nothing about it. So Gattuso just carried on, which is what all players are going to do, as they play to what they can get away with, so Ambrosini joined in and then Vidic did.
I was amazed he didnt really book anyone in the first 60 minutes after seeing Scholes get 2 yellow cards in Rome for 2 fouls which were not worse than anything that had happened during the game.
The ref was too afraid to card anyone in case they missed the final, hence the yellow card for Ronaldo in the last 5 minutes, after doing the same tackle Gattuso did on numerous occasions but in a far less dangerous position of the pitch.
Letting the game flow and keeping the card in the pocket is good in some games, but when players continuosly make tactical fouls the referee needs to clamp down on it. It reminded me of the nice teacher you had at school, who everyone liked because you could get away with anything.
I am not saying we would have won as our defence were giving goals away for fun, but if Gattuso got booked early on, we wouldnt have seen the persistant/cynical fouls from Gattuso or some of the fouls by ambrosini or Vidic.
Rant over, good luck in the final.
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