yuppie wrote:A lot of controversy coming out of the Copa America at present, with Messi being a vocal critic. After seeing his red card against Chile I think he has a fair reason to be annoyed. Would love to hear the referees reasoning for that red card.
The Messi red didnt even enter the top 10 of shocking decisions of the tournament, which probably showed how much of a farce the tournament ended up being. I expect in the next 25 years some people are going to end up in prison over that semi-final match.
That Otamendi foul (I think it was him, first stonewaller of the match when Aguero was fouled I think, might be otherway round)..... I am sure the Brazilian threw an elbow. To me in full time live I thought it was a red card. For the ref to see it and not think its a red card, ok we can debate that, they didnt give another angle so I cant prove its an elbow, but certainly to me it looked so). For the ref to see it and not think its a penalty is extremely worrying..... For the ref to think it was so unquestionably not a penalty (its the most blatant one you could ever see) that he doesnt even use VAR for a second opinion..... farce.
The fact that it happened twice in the game? Only makes a jot of sense if the game has been bought.