I was actually hoping Manchester had won this game, all the media and fans alike are placing all their focus on the red card, which as anyone who watches many football games know that there are reds given for lesser challenges. To all those ManU fans...well, anyone who was hoping that the Spanish team had lost I pose this question....had the play been reversed, and Arbeloa jumped cleats up and clipped Nani and gotten sent off the game as a result, would you still feel the same way about the call? Would you still be feeling so hard done by the ref had the red card been given to the Real Madrid player?
What I am surprised no one has brought up is that there were two possible penalty shots that went unseen by the refs that would have been in favor of ManU when the ball made contact with Real Madrid defenders near the end of the game.
Nani's challenge was reckless, plain and simple. Regardless of the fact that the Real Madrid player was injured or not. The laws of the game will always be called the same regardless of the level of competition, whether it's an exhibition game or a cup final, a reckless challenge will always be called as such.
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