WorldReferee.com - Frank de Bleeckere matches

Date

2009-03-10

Match

Liverpool

Real Madrid

Result

4 - 0

Yellow

3 - 3

Red

0 - 0

Penalty

1 - 0

this match

overall

Our marks

7.5

Your marks

7.3

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Other reports for this match (5)

1) report by Doaky

Control: main point- not quick enough to protect his assistant after penalty call

Calls: Credibility ruined by the ridiculus penalty call by assistant

Neutrality: not in question

Style: ok

Assistant made a dreadful handball call, but i can see why he made it, in terms of heinze throwing his arm at the ball, great call for the first goal though by the ref, as pepe was not fouled by Torres in the lead up

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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2008-2009 1st knockout:
Liverpool - Real Madrid, 4 - 0. Anfield, Liverpool, England, 2009-03-10

Frank de Bleeckere, who on his blog always talks about "his team", his two assistants, made a big mistake listening to one of them. The Belgian referee didn't see Heinze touch the ball with his arm, but his assistant did and waved his flag. So De Bleeckere whistled for a penalty. Well, was it a hands ball? I don't think so, but I can replay it as often as I want and that man on the line only saw it once.

goals
So that wasn't very well judged and because of it Liverpool's first goal has to be re-evaluated: was it a foul by Torres in the Madid area? And should that goal have been canceled?
I didn't think so at first: great decision: Pepe fell on purpose, who wouldn't... It's a man's game, etc etc.
But then 30, minutes later, Raul did the same - pulling down his man in the box - and was stopped by De Bleeckere.
It was a foul, it shouldn't have been a goal
De Bleeckere went on to book Pepe for whining and Mascherano for kicking away the ball. Actually he made no mistakes in the second half, but then again, nothing much happened in the second half. Just two more goals.

off day
De bleeckere is one of the world's best refs, and like his colleagues in excellence, Rosetti and Larrionda, he has his off days. this was one.

match
Mind you: Liverpool were much better than Madrid. They deserved to win and would have won even without De Bleeckere's help. Madrid has no wingers, every attack went through the centre of the field, leaving the guy on the right standing there waving his arm to get attention. Madrid had no bite, crap forwards.
This was a good match, the first meeting was really boring and again I wish UEFA would stop having return matches. We should refuse to watch the first leg, refuse to go to the stadium. No more first legs!

From our reporter: Wolfgang Sittmayer