What is your opinion on penalty that was called on Arsenal against Villareal in the last minute of the game?
363201
garbage call! but it didnt matter lehmann came up with a huge save. too bad for u riquelme haha
772901
terrible the way our players played, far worse than Barca and that is only down to one person Jose.\nAnd for the other idiot here with the abuse, take a look at the replay where drogba fell three times with no one near him. Pure cheaters, they look for fouls, they look for penalties, shame Frank cant put it in the net after they have fooled the ref.
851041
it deflected off saha..saha tried to clear it...it was already going into the goal...so its carvalho's goal....the ball was going in if saha was there to clear it or not!...but yeah u have a point...i think vad der saar was gonna save it if it didnt touch saha....but who cares? we drew with man utd at old trafford! go chelsea :)
1054288
I completely agree with you it was a foul goal. Crouch clearly used the defender to give him a boost, that guy cant jump, he is baaaad. However I think also that T & T 's inexperience did them in, any German or Italian defender would have fallen down at the slightest push and would have obtained the foul from the ref , the goal wouldnt have counted. If they had more experience they would have done the same, good fight though.
939307
I couldn't believe my eyes, Arsenal was awesome but unluckiest team that I ever saw, everything was perfect but no luck with the finish touch!!!! Arsenal fans must be very frustrated tonight!!!!
382892
IMHO Wenger should have let Henry start especially for important matches like this one. He was probably optimistic that Gunners could do without Henry & he was also definitely trying to keep Henry fit for the match against villareal. It was really heart breaking watching them lose to Man U. With the remaining matches ahead, Wenger gotta make wise decisions and sometimes it doesn’t work out as planned. I think Wenger believes that Arsenal have got a chance at the CL.
1080416
That ref in the Portugal/ Netherlands got an awful bad time of it I think and was blamed for letting the game 'out of his grip', but I looked at each decision he made and think he was justified in doing so!  I think the players were totally to blame, they went down too easily (especially the Dutch), which frustrated the Portugese, there was the incident with Figo  ( Red card offense in my opinion) which seeemed to ignite the sitaution.  The players were being stupid, the ref tried to get a grip on the game by booking severely , this back fired as the Dutch took full advantage of every over zealous Portugese tackle and the Portugese got frustrated and made some really stupid decisions.
1008720
if the question is about the penalty shot call, then yes, that was a terrible call. grosso tripped over lucas neill but on his own power, not because of the tackle. neill did nothing really to trip up grosso, even though neill did not get ball, grosso tripped himself.\n\nbut seriously neill, why the hell are you falling down? there is not reason why he should have tried to slide, not in the box, not with 5 seconds left in the game. he should've stayed up, stayed in grossos way, force him back or take a no angle shot.\n\non the other hand, did australia do anythign to convince anyone they deserved to win? no. they were a man up yet italy looked better on the attack. there was just no sense of urgency. when you're up a man, you can play around with the ball, but you gotta create chances! australia didn't do that, they didn't deserve to win.\n\ncheated? maybe probably, the game should've gone to extra time. but i bet italy would've won anyway on PKs if nothing else.
1126580
i LOVED the game!!!! especially at the end with the whole chaos going on in the field!!! \nthe penalty kicks were making me sit at the edge of my seat!!!!
1001794
I think a hefty substantial fine is warranted but adequate as the incident happened after the game. He had a point but handled it the wrong way making things harder for the team and he is experienced enough to know that there would be repercussions. His play throughout the game was not under question so his play should not be penalised. FIFA should not be blindly supporting those referee's that have turned out sympathetic, biased or abysmal performances. FIFA must step up and take responsibility for their decisions as to whom they put in charge of a game. There are many things that can be learnt from this situation.\n\n10 minutes later: update on Australian news: Harry Kewell has been cleared by FIFA on all charges relating to the incident.
989799
Mr. Simon is from Brazil.\nOn one website he only got a 4 on a scale of 1 to 6(worst).\nBesides the discussions about the penalty in the 79th minute, he overlooked that in the 75th minute, he should have sent off a player from Ghana (Kuffour) for a overly hard attack against Iaquinta although the game was already stopped.\nSo one reason could be that this was a concession as he had a bad conscience.\nAnother very likely explanation is that neither he nor his linesmen had a clear view about this scene or simply judged it in a different way than others. Interestingly, the website I had been looking at, does not count this a one of his grave mistakes, meaning, there at least are doubts about this being a penalty..\nDon't forget that the guys on the field have to decide within seconds without having the benefit of looking at the replay again and again...
1142493
Oh that! I'm not so sure but I think it was bcoz the ref made a wrong decision about one of the penalties (surprise, surprise!) they were fighting with the guys in the tuxedo but who was that i dont know. and to the answere above mine! YOU SUCK! AND IT'S NOT SOCCER! IT'S FOOTBALL!! DUHHHHH!!
363944
Yeah, him and Wenger. Wenger was furious about Spurs not kicking the ball out of play when they scored. Spurs claimed they didn't see the injury. Wenger's making excuses for his loss, just like "the special one" "Oh, they had a good referee, everyone seems to hate us, the ball didn't go past the line, Rikjaard bribed the ref, God hates Chelsea" Bl--dy  whiner, I can't stand him and Wenger.
512512
Yes,I would rather they don't have this rule simply because human judgement  can be controversial at times.Maybe they should come up with a demarcation line closer to the box that determine whether an attacker is offside or not.
1071298
World class defender, deserved the goal, well taken header. Showed he was a true centre back by stay on his feet with a broken nose rather than rolling arround on the floor.\n\nShould be first choice for Arsenal next season, Sol Campbell is past it.
529905
What a joke, who ever put that ref in for that game wants sacking, i don't even support Arsenal, but what a joke!!!
651809
No. The ref was poor, but he made bad decisions both ways. For example, he disallowed the Barcelona "goal" when Lehmann was sent off... he could (and probably to the letter of the law, should) have allowed the goal AND sent him off. Arsenal put up a brave fight, but Barcelona deserved it. As soon as Lehmann brought down Eto, that was game over - barring a miracle.