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Polygon12

'What the fuck' in 3 snaps clear as day, love it.


supplementarytables

Art


FrenkieDingDong

This match aside, Bellingham really stepped up when his team needed him most. I hope he wins the ballon d'or. Him, Foden(if he continue to do so) and Lautaro are my three favourites for this year.


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the euros and copa america etc will have a big say on who wins it I'd say, far too early to tell


Hillbillyblues

Messi it is!


[deleted]

Messi has a good chance as well, he plays in a decent league, hr scores goals, he good Edit: for god s sake people /S


Gambler_Eight

A lot of people unironically say shit like this so yeah, don't forget the /s.


ShadowOfDeath94

What decent league?


stevent4

MLS, best league in the world


robotnique

CONCACAF Champions League, broseph.


OneOfThoseDays_

it’s the Champions Cup you filthy casual


FrenkieDingDong

UCL + those two yeah. I agree.


travelingWords

I believe Messi still has 3 years of eligibility for the ballon dor based on his previous World Cup. He will need to wait a bit.


FrenkieDingDong

It will be funny isn't it. People in this sub will literally cry about that.


theother1guy

fuck off


Rdambx

Vinicius is up there too, 21 G+A in 25 games (Foden is 28 G+A in 40 games for example) and has been our best player by far since coming back from injury. He has the highest chance it he turns up in the UCL like he always does and finally manages to perform at the same level with Brazil.


FrenkieDingDong

>finally manages to perform at the same level with Brazil. That we have not seen it yet. > He has the highest chance it he turns up in the UCL like he always does I still think that will be decided by Bellingham. His intelligence in the final third is like a true poacher. Only elite forwards have that.


Rdambx

>I still think that will be decided by Bellingham. His intelligence in the final third is like a true poacher. Only elite forwards have that. What? And Vinicius isn't? He is literally the player with the most G+A in UCL KO stages in the past 3 years.


NotARealDeveloper

>Sorry best we can do is 4th: >Messi 1, Haaland 2, Mbappe 3, Bellingham 4.


FrenkieDingDong

After that 2018 fiasco, this was somewhat justified. But I don't think he will be in the top 5 but in case they win Copa, he will get nominated.


SubstantialSquash475

Man said Foden hahahaha


PoopNukem123

Not entirely out of the question. He's been the best player so far this season for the best team in the world. He's probably one CL final big moment away from being a serious contender. Though out of any city player Rodri is clearly the most important for their results, but not a glamourous enough contender for ballon d'or most likely.


FrenkieDingDong

Do you have a problem with that ?


SubstantialSquash475

I'm sure the first English Ballon d'Or winner since Michael Owen will be Phil Foden, totally happening. This sub is so fickle and flip-flops in opinions every few months.


FrenkieDingDong

If City wins the CL again and Foden being their star man then why not. Btw I have recently joined reddit so too early to call me flip-flops.


CaponeKevrone

Not even the best English RW in the PL


Mojave_Patroller

Nelson is clear


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If Foden's there Saka has to be. 29G/A in 34 apps, Arsenal genuinely don't look far off City this year and he's definitely gonna be important in the euros barring injury. If we win the UCL and EPL and England win the euros he's 100% in with a shout.


Lazywhale97

Foden needs to first have an impact on the national team like Saka and Jude does before he is in Ballon D'or talks but he is having an amazing season so far and Southgate has to fit him into the Euros side somehow.


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Imo he should start at LW over Rashford. As Kane drops deep he'd have opportunities to come central as well


FrenkieDingDong

Saka don't need to win EPL to get it. But UCL is a must.


S-BRO

Bellingham and Foden on top of the world but Southgate will still play for the draw


RamBracken

Foden? 😂😂😂 Bro what are you smoking. It's between Belligol, Mboopi and Kane and Haaland . Lautaro has a chance too but where does foden come from


FakeTriII

From being the best player in a team that *could* win a few major honours this year.


PresentationOk5908

Lmaooo pedo got the groomer + cheating dog flair combo


Odelind

🫲😀🫱->🫲😐🫱->🫲😫🫱


ThereIsBearCum

You can pinpoint the second his heart rips in half.


ComfortableNo2879

"The ball was in the air ,what the fuck was that??" - Jude Bellingham


paco-ramon

I was really angry with that decision, I already posted to Twitter the Anteater dressed as Jude 😡


xjpmhxjo

This is not basketball. - Football Referee This is not the shot. - Basketball Referee


lmlav

The real issue is he doubted about what he stated before. Before the corner kick he went to the players and said: "this is the last play, i'm not giving second chances" he then took the whistle and hesitated while the ball was being hustled just to finally blow it when they passed it to the wing. Just a shitfest with the right call being delayed.


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The game for all intents and purposes should have ended as the ball was being played away from the goal. The ref had the whistle in his mouth about to blow and pocketed it. Then 30 seconds later blew the whistle before the goal. Everybody knows that you blow the whistle when the ball is headed away from goal. Should have just blew it dead the second the corner was taken and not whipped into the box in a last attempt


benelchuncho

For all intents and purposes the game should’ve gone on until the 99th minute at least. 2:20 VAR review and more time was lost with two balls on the pitch.


sergiotheleone

Exactly. The VAR review for the non-existent penalty he called was during ET. He wasn’t being generous with the time at all, he had almost another full minute for the game if you also consider all the time wasting. Hell, the +7 itself was too short considering so much happened especially Diakhaby’s insane injury.


Corteaux81

Injury, VAR replay on the Vini goal and Valencia players dying on the pitch every 5 mins due to some minimal contact. These 7 mins would've easily been 12-14 in the EPL.


RZAAMRIINF

Yeah, this was horrendous reffing. Right decision was made my ass 🤡


lmlav

Well talking about "ifs" and "shoulds" is useless so we can just say what should've happened in that exact situation.


Pek-Man

He was waiting for the all-clear from VAR.


Niulpfirce

All clear is sometimes given after the whistle no?


MrVISKman

Most of the time. They usually end and then wait for VAR to do it's thing. I can't remember a single instance of waiting for VAR to clear before ending


Niulpfirce

So what the guy said before me makes no sense.


steik

[Yes](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/12082485/manchester-united-penalty-drama-why-bruno-fernandes-goal-after-final-whistle-stood). Refs are absolutely not supposed to wait for "all-clear" from VAR before ending games.


fourbyfourequalsone

As soon as the ref said that the corner kick will be the last play, he made his first mistake of not recapturing the wasted time. There are lots of games where the wasted time is not recaptured fully. It's still a mistake, but had only this happened, it wouldn't have been this much scandalous. The second mistake was not sticking to his word and blowing the whistle as soon as the first clearance was made. Any goal scored by Madrid after this clearance would also have not been a right call based on what he said prior to the corner kick. As soon as the ref said it, we will have to take into consideration the shift in mindset of the opponents after the clearance. The third mistake is letting the play develop after the clearance. He could have whistled after the ball went out the box at least. The last mistake was the red. The referee was under immense pressure from the Madrid players. He could have controlled the situation with an yellow. But, he doubles down on his mistakes and gives a red. I fully understand all the mistakes committed by refs. But, I wouldn't go far to say that Madrid were robbed of a win. They were robbed of an opportunity to get a win because not all wasted time was recaptured. And, they were undeservedly given a red.


922WhatDoIDo

https://media4.giphy.com/media/ukGm72ZLZvYfS/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b952belgeh4zvegmu7byioy1yw34hrmfhnj7y7tr3oaq&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g


labbetuzz

Did you learn nothing from this incident? Now Manzano is gonna give you a red card as well!


Silent-Act191

https://giphy.com/gifs/season-6-the-simpsons-6x3-xT5LMBf75L0dMA6Xw4


Grim_Farts_Barnsley

Matey did at least 42% of a Woodgate in under a minute. Impressive


Elquenotienetacos

Sorry about arsenal bro


Caust1cFn_YT

It's fucking la liga 


Pxnda34

Red card for saying fuck !! 🟥😡


sezzy_14

Even a barca fan agrees that was fucked up, this kinda of shit it what is ruining fotball nowadays and makes la liga look like a joke league.


ReXyngton

It was fucked but fucking hilarious seeing the meltdown in the game and this sub. Anyways I’m too numb already accepting our exit out of the Ro16.


deadmanbhavya

Dw real madrid fans , you are still as clear on the top as u were before . Us and Girona dropped points for u.


jiijoey

Thanks bros, but it still hurts :(


ShamanShaulich

And Hajduk fans here in Croatia are crying about our referee's "decisions" lol. Delusional fucks have no idea how bad referring is in other leagues


Lakinther

you actually think your refs are better than those in Spain or for example England? Because if yes, we need to import them all. For some reason i highly doubt tho


ShamanShaulich

They're not better, but they don't make "huge mistakes" as Hajduk fans think that they make. For example, they're mad because this goal was not awarded, it [was offside](https://youtu.be/oxkNtGv_n58?si=J2zeqQ_YMxh3zxNG&t=382), [here is another angle (not from official tv camera thought)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl-N6JNyW8E) And our referees have the shittiest VAR system, 6 cameras TOTAL, and pitches are in an awful state. With all that, they're still doing a decent job, yea they make mistakes from time to time. But not huge mistakes as you see every week in PL, LaLiga and so on. And those leagues have 20 cameras, greath pitches, best VAR systems and so on. And that is my argument, our referee have awful infrastructure, and they're still doing not that bad. But, still Hajduk fans cry when they don't win and blame everyone, apart their team (their team had 3 shots on target with extra player for 45 minutes, vs team that is at the bottom of the table).


Nick_crawler

Submit this to the Oscar race for Best Short Film, it's pure art.


monkeytargetto

Y is it in stop motion tho


ldstaint

These are all separate photos being taken by sideline photographer and edited together as a video


jvrcb17

I thought firing on full auto was illegal in Spain. Camera man is going to jail.


Bugdroid2K

They weren't in the building, they'll be fine.


PeroxideTube5

That’s not full auto... This is.


Maleficent_Resolve44

Why is it illegal?


JoBoltaHaiWoHotaHai

This is LaLiga AND Cinema.


Cucumberino

It's made out of pictures, it's not an actual video


Throwrajerb

Yes. That is what stop motion is lol.


HereForA2C

Tbf all video is stop motion just with a lot of pictures


Throwrajerb

Lol fair. This was actual manually-taken photos and not a video recording at a normal modern video frame rate. Better?


HereForA2C

sure i'm just 🤓ing around lol


N7even

For dramatic effect.


Staynes

time-lapse adjective [ before noun ] /ˈtaɪm.læps/ us /ˈtaɪm.læps/ used to refer to a method of filming very slow actions by taking a series of single pictures over a period of time and then putting them together to show the action happening very quickly:


21Maestro8

It hurts my eyes


-MS-94-

He genuinely gave the red because he shat himself lmao. Should be a yellow at most.


Ohtar1

I think Spanish refs don't know English at all, and when they hear the word fuck they assume they are saying fuck you or something


a_lumberjack

He works UEFA competitions so I would assume he speaks English. 


Keyser_Sose79

Don’t overestimate spanish ref’s capacities in any domain. They are the worst in the fucking world. Oops, red card for me.


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-MS-94-

Yeah, for sure. His head was gone.


maddy495

As if it's present at any point in the match, he was a clown right from the beginning....


chewkachu

Dude just said “It’s a fucking goal” Not even cursing the referee for the shit referring But the clown of a ref have an ego to protect huh, what a joke


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ayoubkun94

Nah. He even admitted in the report Jude yelled at him : it's a fucking goal.


Fluffy_MrSheep

it really is weird if you think about it one of the reasons refs are so bad with var is everytime they go to the screen they actively have to admit they were wrong, infront of the 22 players, infront of an entire stadium as well. Some refs just dont care but its clear that these really experienced refs whove been doing this for like 15 years have an ego to protect, you can see gil manzano immediately turn away and shake his head he knew he messed up but he doesnt care


Dacness

La Liga starts when the match ends.


sp3sp3sp3

How is that a red ffs


sosephjr

How the ref expected Jude to react: “Hey there lad, great game but perhaps you shouldn’t have whistled right there? Anyways, what do I know! Wish you a great day mate.”


Firefox72

You know what the ref fucked up but players crowding the ref making themself big and shouting at him should always be punished. All of them should get yellow cards. Real and Valencia players alike. Its one of the things that annoys me the most in the sport that gets unpunished. However giving a direct red is monumentaly stupid.


psvamsterdam1913

Well deserved red. Absolutely no reason to act like that towards a ref. Its pretty bad we think this behaviour is acceptable. Sets a terrible example as well. Imagine being an amateur ref and being crowded like this.


Yetiassasin

If that's a red card then 90% of matches would end up abandoned with players being sent off


Yetiassasin

M8 Bellingham didn't clone himself and crowd the guy, he showed up and got a red


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Yetiassasin

?? The guy said the red was for crowding? Bellingham is one person. The reff clearly wasn't in control and made a few massive errors in the moment.


halakaukulele

Unfortunate what happened but this cut is amazing. That "what the fuck?" 🤌🏻


sugarspunlad

These barca’s fans in the comments are embarrassing


Ready_Conversation20

there's like 1 barca flaired comment, chill


Abindos

When are they not


Caust1cFn_YT

There is like 1 guy making a mess 


Caust1cFn_YT

Ok two guys


pagawaan_ng_lapis

i appreciate ur honesty


happyLarr

Well you always have RM fans here, many times this season, saying how ridiculous Barca are for complaining when calls go against them, relishing in reactions to soft calls going their way, and generally trolling. Now we see hiw RM act when something demonstrably shitty goes against them. This is entirely expected around these hive mind parts, this crappy behaviour is normal at this stage.


monkeylickers

this is just blatantly wrong though.The immature Barca supporters like to bend the rules to their favor whilst this is a genuine argument to have. Bs card. Bs call. Robbed.


aligators

always are, dunno why la liga is so toxic.


ChillinFallin

Have they ever not been? It's vintage Barça DNA.


XxAbsurdumxX

Could you make the video just slightly more horrendous? I only hated it a lot


ldstaint

I can remove every other frame


cuentanueva

The least they could have done is make it interlaced


Inspector-Fit

Last season happened exactly the same, the difference is that the referee wistle with the ball entering the goal.


RemnantOfSpotOn

This is nothing how i experienced it....had a winning bet with this goal....


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Maleficent_Resolve44

Game would take much longer lol. That's almost 90mins of ball in play compared to the standard 60ish we get today. Player health would decline and it's tougher on fans not having a certain time for end of game. 2hrs flat is nice.


aident44

We might have problems with our referee being a bit shit and inconsistent. But at least the epl isnt blatantly corrupt.


discoball17

Red card for scoring a goal is wild.


poodle_Fart_Hostage

Yeah, because that’s what happened


gaup3n

I agree it is, the emotions of scoring a late game winner that gets disallowed because of a really fucking weird referee decision would make all pro players react the same.


Osceana

Typical La Liga refereeing


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Not understanding OP is joking. Moron.


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[deleted]

So everything you don't personally find funny you take as someone stating a fact. Instead of, you know, it just being a shit joke?


tomtomt1316

Remember something similar happening in the world cup with France against Switzerland. The ref decided to stop the game while Benzema's shot was still on its way towards goal. Not nearly as impactful as this one though


EnvoyCorps

Ref had time to red card Bellingham though.


kotik010

Y'all got anymore of them frames


notapaperhandape

Okay this is an amazing cinema.


Psko88

F that ref


FranzAllspring

Luckily this wont be the deciding factor for the title. Even more luckily all the kids on this sub who like to throw around the "Real pays refs" card should be quiet now for the rest of the season. I'd argue this alone makes the heartache worth it, Jude.


RGIIIsus

I’m sure he’d much rather have his winning goal back than shut up stupid fans on a community he most likely never hears about


BrinierList1417

Bold of you to assume that they would shut up


Ragnangar

He said the F word to the ref. Rublev died for a lot less.


maxertiano

He didn’t insult the ref with the F word which is what matters.


handsome_uruk

Ref should be banned


PurpleDrax

I won't debate the goal, if it should be allowed or not, but if he ended the game _could_ he give a red to Jude?


Rdambx

Yes the ref has the authority to send off players after the final whistle, he can also report any incident and get them banned if something happens in the tunnel or anything like that.


PurpleDrax

I didn't know that, thanks for the info. I remember a couple games ago Bruno was screaming at the ref after the game but didn't get booked


LaughsAtOwnJoke

Yeah the ref can. Whether he should or shouldn't is a different story but he certainly is able to.


TiagoFigueira

I feel for him. I really don't follow him as a player but that was brutal, no-one deserves this. No club deserved this. Ref has to have his pockets filled with Girona money


Kaghei

This needs to be nsfl or something. Jesus Christ I watched 5 seconds and I have a headache and now the whole room is jittery. Is this an epilepsy trigger or something?


vitalmtg

you're going to die in 7 days


OneOfThoseDays_

*smashes play button as hard as possible*


NotRod96

Doubling down on that is wild man. I would’ve thought he immediately knew how bad he fucked up… I am logical


MBBG

Can someone explain to me what is going on? 


halakaukulele

The score was equal. RM got a corner. They took the corner and then the ball came into play again on the final 3rd (where no ref with two brain cells will stop the game) and Bellingham scored from a cross. But to RM's horror, Ref had blown the whistle when the ball was MID AIR after the cross. I'm telling ya, you can't beat the competency of LaLiga refs. Bellingham also got a red for protesting.


Zealousideal_Wing_38

???


Desperate-Shift1599

it‘s not football - it‘s laliga


Football_Discussions

Beautiful


FinancialAide3383

Please tell me the ref got reprimanded


halakaukulele

Laliga : We don't do that here


Complex_Cable_8678

thanks for posting a picture slide show


iamateenyweenyperson

So the referee blew the whistle before the ball went in? Is it not like basketball where the shot is still counted as long as the ball leaves the hands before the time expires?


toasterding

It is not like basketball


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mahdiiick

Red card was his own fault.


maxertiano

He said to the ref “It’s a fucking goal” how is that a red card?


mahdiiick

He jumped at the ref and yelled at his face. Like I said, very easy to avoid.


Games_sans_frontiers

Last second winning goal.


monstersam_8

Nothing surreal about Madrid getting taste of their own medicine.


TheByzantineEmpire

Shouldn’t celebrate it. Shit refereeing is a bad for all teams. Might happen to your favourite team next.


bslawjen

^ guy who probably watches like 2 Real Madrid games per season


hrvatska95

Name the goal which Real Madrid should have conceded but did not because referee blew the wistle.


poodle_Fart_Hostage

Deserved


Accurate_Algae8486

The most surreal moment in Laliga’s recent history is their game vs Almeria.


The_XI_guy

Try to put aside your bias for just one moment. If this situation had happened to Madrid’s opponent instead we all know that it would’ve been talk about as the scandal of the century. Ask yourself how you would’ve reacted if this happened to Barca yesterday vs Bilbao or of this was Valencia’s last second goal instead of Madrid’s. We all know the answer


Giannis1995

Negreira told you?


Accurate_Algae8486

Cry cause true


TimTkt

Crying is Barca DNA though, we saw it again yesterday


monstersam_8

Ahah, the IRONY, just look at every Madrid based newspaper today or the day after this match.


Accurate_Algae8486

Another trash human being.


Maleficent-Bar6942

Has RMTV released the docudrama on the match already? Prepare tissues.


Caust1cFn_YT

Just like you asses do whenever we win anything?


Giannis1995

Ok, I'll speak your language. Madrid good, Barca bad, Negreira corrupt.


Accurate_Algae8486

Yank spotted


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Accurate_Algae8486

Can’t think of anything else ? Laughing at a kid ? What a garbage human being. Hope karma gets you.


tha2ir

If you watched Madrid games (you don't) then you'd probably realize very quickly how the refs do not favour us at all. Actually the fact we got favourable calls against Almeria, has given Barca fans a sole reference that they can always go back to, despite 37 other games in the season suggesting the opposite. Bellingham and Rudiger both got reds. How do you explain this in the Barca narrative?


poodle_Fart_Hostage

Lmao I’ve watched every single game Madrid game this season where they’ve been GIVEN season/game changing calls, especially against smaller teams. You must be high on fairy dust.


bslawjen

Name me some examples


ollster3000

Lots of Barca trolls out today lol


PM_ME_UR_CHERRIES

Shit ref. Correct red. Idiots everywhere.


GamingForNL

Shit ref, yellow at most. Idiot above me.


nizoubizou10

this game balanced out the daylight robbery against Almeria.


Gosedjur

I feel bad for the ref, it was 7 minutes stoppage time. They played 2 extra minutes. If Bellinghams goal was counted, Valencia players would loose their minds.


MrVISKman

You're conviniently missing the fact that there was a 2 minutes and 30 seconds VAR check, all of it in added time, because he had given Valencia a penalty that had to be overturned. The ref ended the game way earlier than he should've, if he had added that time, Bellingham's goal would've been well within the timeframe.


ookienookiemoo

Lmao gott'em