Man U v Lille walk off controversy

[Aryaan21]

i'm on man utd.'s side this time cause henry does it too

I remember that two years ago with that bafoon Grahm Poll. Anway, the ref made the rite decision, but I do feel Lille's goal was unfairly disallowed, so a draw would have been a fair result.

[KasraKhan]

Legal or not legal. Its cheap. Get a goal in a legit manner

[ncorral]

Giggs

I think the referee was correct. Giggs used an old trick. Usually only have good results with boys five years old.

[roy]

for those of you who are taking Manchester's side, look at the replay again.

The ref looks at the Lille goalkeeper and sees that he's on the side of the net, then he quickly turns around and walks away.

I've seen a lot of situations like that, but in every single one the free kick taker get's a yellow card and the kick is retaken.

like I said before the Ref was either biased or paid off, who cares if Ferguson has "never seen players walk off the pitch", they were doing it rightfully to protest against the Ref's decision.

I agree too. that ref made me feel like i'm watching Juvetus again (if you know what i mean).
Bloody manc eejits.

[Suprah]

Lille's goal protest rejected

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=450375&CPID=5&clid=429&lid=2&title= Lille's+goal+protest+rejected

Uefa has rejected Lille's protest against Ryan Giggs' goal from a quickly-taken free-kick in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.

The French club argued that referee Eric Braamhaar had made a 'technical error' in allowing Giggs to take the free-kick without blowing his whistle.

Lille had hoped to get the original result annulled and have the game replayed.

Uefa's Control and Disciplinary Body met to discuss Lille's complaint on Friday, but found no proof of an error by the official.

Lille have until midnight on Monday to appeal the decision.

"Having examined the official referee's report, the television evidence at hand as well as the Laws of the Game, the Uefa Control and Disciplinary Body decided to reject the protest, as there was no proof of a technical error," a statement on Uefa's website read.

"As a result, the body declared that the goal was perfectly valid."

Giggs' goal turned out to be the winner in the first-leg of the first knockout round match in France and led to fury among Lille's players and officials.

Uefa has decided to open proceedings against Lille to investigate the actions of their players following the goal.

The statement continued: "Furthermore, the Control and Disciplinary Body decided to instigate proceedings against Lille for the improper behaviour of their players immediately after the goal."

The Control and Disciplinary Body will meet on March 22 to discuss the incident as well as possible safety and security violations by Lille and alleged improper conduct by both sets of fans.

[Milad-69]

THeir appeal has been rejected!

[zereshk-ali]

rightly so, but they should have had a goal themselves. I think that's what what they were really pissed about.

[persian boy]

good luck to Lille next leg in old trafford.....

i think the goal was cheap, but i guess rules are rules.....


im looking forward to playing porto in stamford bridge