Champions League Final

[Farmer Reil]

Ok, here a different line of thought. The two Barca goals. (Aside from the fact that Eto'o's did look offside)... Would Lehmann have saved them?

Edited May 20, 2006 by TheReilDeal

[Lord Nibbler]

He's still a shite keeper.

[Guest muddatrucker]

He's actually improved vastly if you'd of seen any of the league cup games he'd taken part in over the last 2 seasons.

[TheArsenal]

An ex-referee turned sports journalist was on TV this morning saying Lehmann shouldn't have been sent off because the fact that Barcelona scored meant Lehmann HADN'T prevented a goal scoring opportunity.

[hugobomb]

He had though, he prevented a goal scoring opprtuing to one player, just because a goal scoring oppurtunity fell to someone else doen't mean that Lehmann didn't prevented one

Edited May 20, 2006 by hugobomb

[TheArsenal]

But he didn't prevent the goal being scored, because it happened. Therefore it was a foul worthy of a yellow card, but the goal scoring opportunity was there, and was taken by Guily.

There is no "opportunity to one player". It's just the goal scoring opportunity if the attacking team, so Lehmann prevented nothing.

[therockbox]

He prevented Eto'o from going past him.

Get over it, he deserved a red card.

[TheArsenal]

He prevented Eto'o from going past him.

Get over it, he deserved a red card.

[Jonny D]

Sepp Blatter has also come out and said the referee was wrong. Though the fact that at the end he added something like, "We would never let this happen in the World Cup" mad it sound like he was just taking a shot at UEFA.

[therockbox]

As would I, and plenty have said that the referee would have been well within his rights to have sent Lehmann off AND awarded the goal. It's very easy for these 'ex-referees' to earn themselves some brownie points by siding with the whingers.

Anywhere else on the pitch he lets play go on and then goes back to book the player that committed the foul, even if letting play go on means the team go onto score. The "it ruined the game argument" doesn't stick, because then that could be applied to every sending off ever.

Like I said, he could have sent Lehmann off AND awared the goal - but he didn't, so you got off lightly.

[hugobomb]

I would have loved to have seen Arsenal's fans reaction to the goal being allowed AND Lehmann being sent off. That would have been good for months of whinging