Santiago.

How is honest referring 'bad' refereeing?

Aside the red card, Ryan Giggs is truly a legend to the game.

Spot on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krl9aKzOy6g

Brilliant response I saw the game, heard the pundits and experts, watched the highlight real, and took another gander at my referee level 8 book. Bar none, a Red Card. Disagreeing with it contradicts yourself to the laws of the game, not the referee who made the unfortunate right call. Which what the whole incident was, UNFORTUNATE.

FFS Law 12: "A player is guilty of serious foul play if he uses excessive force or brutality" Nani was unaware and completely obliviant to his surroundings, creating an unsafe challenge to emerge, as it has, by him cleating Arbeloa in the chest. Whether or not he was looking at the ball is irrelevant, he put himself in a dangerous situation being aware of the circumstances and players are around him, made a dangerous challenge which gave the ref a reason to send him off. It was really unfortunate for Nani and United, but its by the rules Anything but a yellow. If you disagree than you disagree with the rules of the game, not the ref.

That's football and it was unfortunate for United LOL But the ref was right, by the official rules, it is a Red Card.

That's football for you

Easily up for debate as I'm a fucking referee my self It was a reckless challenge and Nani was totally obliviant to his surroundings. A High foot to the ribs, giving the ref a clear reason to send him off It changed the game dramatically, but it was the right call.

Roy Kean has got it absolutely spot on. Whether or not Nani was looking at the ball, what he did was dangerous play, not aware of his surroundings and gave the ref a reason to send him off.

It's amazing how brilliant of a manager SAF is despite my hatred of him .

If Madrid don't change their game plan I can't see them scoring. SAF has got his tactics down right.

Giggs and Varane easily the best players on the pitch. The old man and the teenager

Arbeloa another one of the shittiest footballers to win a world cup

It's a game of tactics by two brilliant managers

United team Confirmed De Gea; Rafael, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra; Carrick, Cleverley; Welbeck, Nani, Giggs; y Van Persie. Madrid team Confirmed Diego López; Arbeloa, Varane, Sergio Ramos, Coentrao; Khedira, Xabi Alonso; Di María, Özil, Cristiano Ronaldo; e Higuaín.

Torres's one on one with a criminally overrated keeper and winning the corner for us from failing in beating Conte dead on plus complaining like a little bitch when he wasn't chosen to take the penalties, is more significant to Mata's contribution in European football? Is that what your getting at?

As a proper box to box midfielder should. He is not meant for the double Pivot and never was.

Both have their fair share of going missing in games. Messi imo is the better footballer, Ronaldo the better athlete.

We're fairly aware of that... We are also fairly aware of the Napoli fans that came here last year and thought they would win, as well as the Benfica fans, and as well as the Bayern fans. Havne't seen them since.

Whole sentence is truly debatable.

First off, Manchester City absolutely dominated the midfield due to the horrific partnership Rafa employed of Lampard/Mikel and the stupidity of putting Ramires at LW yet again in a game that was easily there for the taking. Our attacking players could barley lead transition FFS due to the weaknesses in our central area. If there is any aspect that holds this team back, it's the lack of true holding midfielders. Mata FLOURISHES when he is roaming and absolutely excels at it when there are midfielders below him that can keep possession and lead transition and to this day some of his best football was still at Valencia. Hazard and Oscar are facing the same issues, so scapegoating Mata is this situation, when Hazard and Oscar have both made mistakes due to this error of tactics is unreasonable and down right laughable. It is down to tactics, not to one fucking player who has literally kept us even breathing in competitive football. Saying Mata doesn't drop deep is yet again ridiculous because I can name you the countless times where he fucking had to drop to the defensive area just to bring the ball up due to our midfielders not being able to lead transition in an appropriate manner, where, yet again, lies the problem. 4 -2-3-1 needs to be abandoned asap. Hazard-----------------Mata -------Oscar--Ramires----- ------------Mikel--------------

Now in what ways does Mata, easily the best creative attacking midfielder in the league, hold back in this teams development as a whole? Would love to know.

Think I've stated this maybe last season that I NEVER liked Mata centrally. He is a floater and a special one at that and that article sums it up.

Needs to work on long range shooting with his stronger foot...

Again, partly due to the management of gordo Benitez