It wasn't an elbow but the arm was raised high enough to convince the ref. Barça finalista (!) but muted celebrations.
No, Paco gets the start, we need a striker. Finals starters: Jasper Vidal-Pique-Umtiti-Alba Raki-Busi-Ini Messi-Paco-Ney
Ref was dishing cards like the players were out of control, but it was his card-happy hair trigger that escalated things. Sheesh.
Not sure, as normally ref pulls yellow, then red, here he looked like he did straight red. Plus our appeals are always rejected.
He just wanted to get as many Barca players as possible to miss the final. I was sure he'd book Messi for "diving" after being chopped from behind.
we played a very good team and persevered... its not like we were playing a bunch of chumps (you know the like Real Madrid get drawn every CL)... Ill take the win and see our resilience as a positive
The camera pulled away when the ref seemed to be pulling out a yellow before the red. It's confirmed on Sport's match tracker.
ATM wasted a PK and robbed a clear goal (besides the many chances they had on goal). The score should've been at least 3-1.