Friday, October 25, 2013

How many Penalties is enough?

In what can only be described as crazy mid week action this week - the hot topic still on everyone's lips was the great penalty debate which saw Real Madrid penalised more than any club in the history of professional EA Sports Football.

The total count was lost in the end, which is a true testament to how many there actually were in the space of only 4 games. The turkey which takes the prize is the 3 penalties awarded to Juventus in the Champions League group stage game - where Real Madrid were judged to have handled the ball in the penalty box 3 times. Justice prevailed as only one penalty was actually converted by Juve striker Carlos Tevez.

JM is almost thrown out of the game after his temper exploded in the recent La Liga match
After blowing up deluxe during their most recent La Liga game which saw his Madrid team suffer another heartbreaking last minute draw as a result of - yep you guessed it - another penalty - JM made no apologies the following day with the fire in his belly still burning.
Full transcript of his press conference is available below;

“Let’s talk about the real turning point. Let’s talk about all the penalties.”JM said.
“Unless I’m blind, I can see the ball going past my players with no touch - so what was the decision?
“Can someone answer me that? Someone?
“C’mon. C’mon, that’s ridiculous."
"They said Bale pushed him over and thats the penalty and all of sudden its 1-1! I mean C’mon.
C’mon, that’s ridiculous."“There’s got to be an investigation into this."
“Someone has to be accountable for this. And they have got to be accountable for the penalty count!.”
"We can't be that bad, seriously!! Is this the best referees we've got? I don't know what to say."

Losing his mind against Juventus
No word yet if JM will be officially punished for his behaviour both during the match and his post match comment. Nor has JM yet apologised formally for his embarassing fit during the recent 1-1 draw with Real Socidad.

His Madrid team now sit in the uncomfortable position of 6th, 11 points off the pace of league leaders and cross town rivals Athletico Madrid.

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