Mad sequence. Rice wins ball cleanly. Vitinha hand balls it to take it away from rice. Vitinha holds rice leg. Rice clips neves but doesn’t stop him. Saka wins the ball cleanly off neves.
Referee… free kick to PSG. Investigate this guy. Check his property portfolio next year.
So the ref signalled for the corner at 6:05
Ruiz then threw the ball away (for the 5th time) and Arsenal didn’t get it back till 6:15
He then blew the whistle for half time at 6:27 meaning he allowed Saka just 13 seconds to walk over and take the corner
🚨 IFAB Law 4 states that players must wear shin guards that provide a reasonable degree of protection and are fully covered by their socks.
Footage from the Champions League final appears to show Khvicha Kvaratskhelia without shin guards when he won the penalty against Mosquera.
If that was the case, should he have been allowed to remain on the pitch in the first place? 🤔
And if not, does that change how people view the penalty decision?
He knew it wasn’t a foul, saw Arsenal on the break and came back and not only gave a foul but booked Saka. Honestly something changed at HT, this ref was spoken to / paid.
The referee became a totally different person after the first half, giving all decisions to PSG and waving away Arsenal’s clear penalty. I have never seen any officiating as bad as that. I hope someone like him never gets to referee Arsenal match again.
Absolutely devastated. Those boys gave everything and deserved more tonight - we’ll be back for this one.
Fair play to PSG who did well to change the game at half time, by adding a few more zeros into the referee’s bank account. He drank all the petro-dollar Kool-Aid.
@Rory_Talks_Ball That half time corner was sus. But Mosquera getting that yellow less than 50 seconds in to the 2nd half for a throw was wild. Ruiz threw the ball away and didn't get a yellow😄
Hate to be that guy, but the referees second half performance was absolutely abysmal. You can say Arsenal could’ve conceded a pen from a handball, but every single decision including our own pen went to PSG
Best club competition in the World and the referee has zero interest in being fair, what’s the point?
Blowing HT during a corner, giving every 50/50 in PSG favour, ignoring the blatant pen on Noni.
Disgusting.
That’s a penalty, the referee has been so bias since he blew the halftime whistle before Arsenal’s corner.
Every 50/50 ball, he blows in PSG’s advantage.
Congratulations PSG, you paid the ref well! GERMAN CUNT REF!!!! YOU ARE A FUCKING DISGRACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOT EVEN A FUCKING VAR CHECK ON THE FOUL ON MADUEKE!