Waste of time

Basketball would have been the better choice for Monsieur Lannoy

I am still shocked by Lannoy's foul "detection". He did not allow any contact close to the box, the hopes that Shakhtar could raise a promising attack always expired because a Ukrainian - respectively one of the many Brazilians - touched his opponent. The communication between Lannoy and the players should be improved as well. However, the first half was quite satisfying, even though there was only one situation to solve. In the 26th minute, Willian performed one of his five or six dives throughout the whole match in the box, Lannoy did not react. Neither a penalty, nor a free kick and a yellow card for diving. A wrong decision, he must decide for one of both, replays showed that it was an obvious dive. To formulate it in a kind way: his construction or interpretation of the rules were not always reasonable. The cards were overall ok, assistant referees as well, but everyone who thinks that this referee has learned from his World Cup or has improved anything should be disappointed.