No, it was 100% penalty. Your keeper was an idiot to keep his hands there the entire time. He could have pulled back like a good keeper would and then the decision would have been a lot more difficult for the ref but he just kept his hands there full stretch for it, and Robben probably tried to milk it but for once it turned out to be legit.
There was contact. The keeper overcommitted. Penalty. If it was any other player other than perhaps Ribery from Bayern in such situation, this wouldn't be a discussion. I see Loewen is going to go on another neg-Bayern rant, so this should be interesting how he interprets it.
It did not look legit. Robben mostly fell over because of weidenfellers heat map o smethng. Its sad tha we justify cheating by calling out the keeper for a honest move.
Whoa...100% penner? Sorry, as I stated on the Bayern thread, Roman's actions were enough for the ref to make the call, but Robben was falling before contact may have even been made. There is an infraction for this when a player fakesit in order to win a call. It is called simulation, or "diving".
First of all what is a honest move? He overcomitted and got punished for it. Both legs make contact, there really isn't anything to debate over it. This is a case of keeper doing something amateur and getting punished for it, which he did. But then he saved it so, he made up for his mistake.
Personally it doesn't matter whether Robben gets a card or not since he didn't have another yellow, I'm just saying there was easy to see contact therefore a penalty. If he would have pulled his hands back and still made contact, then it's quite debatable but he got caught at full stretch and Robben's feet + exaggerations. When you get caught like that, it's a penalty.
He was already falling before there was contact...he was already simulating before anything happened. Dude, why are you defending this? As Loewenboy said, in the last 15 years, both Bayern and BvB have the same amount of CL titles; 1. Come back here after you win it, because right now, you may be looking at another trophy less season. Just saying, before you start talking shit, accomplish something first.
Ah, EQ, I see you still have yet to learn the LOTG. If you spent more time trying to really understand the rules and less time dreaming up your revisonist history for your posts, you might actually be taken seriously. Had the TW gotten his hand ball it would have been considered posession and ANYTHING after that would not have been considered. In fact, Robben would have been called for charging. Second, the fact that Robben started falling BEFORE the contact (which you, not surprisingly, leave out of your commentary) just dillutes your stunted view of things. Lastly, when awarding a PK most referees look at the playable distance of the ball to the player *if* contact was made prior to any "fall". The distance of the ball from Robben was marginal at best, and most certainly NOT a "100% PK" call. At best it was 50/50. So you are saying that Robben is not prone to diving? As Keith would say, "Mother fuker, please!!". Robben is as much of, if not more of, a diving cvnt that Flopery. I invite you to watch the US broadcase of the game where, in the 10 minutes running from the 60th to tht 70th minute the British broadcaster called out Robben and Flopery for their outright flopping. I believe the word he used was "disgraceful". Don't give me that shit that Robben is not flopper. Take your pick: Robben, Muller, Flopery, etc. Your team is loaded with them. Neg- Bayern rant? No. Neg-Robben is not a flopper rant? Sure. Neg-this is a 100% PK rant? Yup. You see, I can't stand bullshiite. The problem is, whenever you post that's all there is is BS. I feel like I am walking through a cow pasture after any time you post. I will give you the last word. I am going back to reality now where people really think before posting crap. Can't say I have missed you in the last 8 months. Going back into my happy place now and will come back in another 8 months to see if you have grown up any by then. Cheers.
cannot stop laughing how stupid and retarted this is so what next Chelsea and QPR has won the CL the same amount of time in the last 15 years so yes there are equally strong. so what reaching the knockout stage every year isnt a little bit of accomplishment or reaching the semifinals twice in three years ?
Agreed. The argument is about as stupid as someone saying, "Well, you aren't in the semis of the CL but we are...so we must be that much better." Well you know what? Congratulations on reaching the semis! I guess some butt-hurt Bayern fans cannot just say, "Nice game, guys" and move on but the few that feel the need to bring up Dortmund's horrible results in Europe in the last two seasons. Ok...Fair enough - have at it and enjoy. What ever makes you sleep better at night...go ahead. It was my fault for actually falling for it.
the thing is you are following two three Bayern fans comments to much i don't know why you care about those comments not all Bayern fans are like that and btw most of us said nice game and everything like that but in the end you again pay attention to the other guys
You are right, Albert...these comments to not pertain to you nor do they to the majority of the Bayern fans here. But the ones it does apply to, they know who I am talking too.
That is the shining example of desperation isn't it? When all logic fails, simply deflect and change the topic. Millions of people do it. Just so happens that those millions are all between the ages of 6 and 10. I can't believe something like that is even being disputed with that kind of an angle....wow.
As bad as the Robben flop was, it's nothing compared to Ribery's embarrassing display in the 1st half. The phantom foul begins at 0:40. Grab your bag of popcorn and get ready to laugh! [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEPmoqrEkH4&feature=related"]Borussia Dortmund vs FC Bayern (1x0) Extented Highlights - Dortmund 1x0 Munich 11/04/2012 - YouTube[/ame]
Interesting fact "Until Wednesday night, only one team in the Bundesliga era had ever managed to win four straight league games against Bayern Munich. That was Otto Rehhagel's famous Werder Bremen side, who took four in a row from the Munich giants between 1991 and 1993." soccernet.com