CRISTIANO RONALDO’S FIRST extra-time goal, which sent Real Madrid into the Champions League semi-finals, has been hammered for being offside by football fans and pundits alike.
The goal came just before the first half of extra-time, with Ronaldo’s effort levelling scores on the night at 2-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu and putting Real Madrid 4-3 ahead on aggregate in the quarter-final tie.
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, a regularly outspoken critic of arch-rivals Real Madrid, was among those who were quick to take to Twitter with a baffled tweet .
Complete and utter farce the way soccer still doesn’t use video technology in this day and age to clear up these problems which would only take a matter of seconds. Never understand the argument that it disrupts the game like Richie sadlier was trying to make on RTE last week, the ref would have a decision of the tmo ten times quicker than he would be dealing with all the prima donnas crying and crowding around him for about five minutes after a decision goes against them.
Wrong sending off. Two offside goals.
A bit rich of Pique. That “miraculous” come back at home to PSG included 2 pretty soft penalties, a blatant penalty for PSG which wasn’t given and a questionable amount of added time!
2 dodgy goals by Ronaldo. Offside for both and also a handball for the first of these.
Offside a mile but great finish all the same
The next goal was even worse!!
All the experts make it so sound so easy to spot offside. Played at full speed when there’s a Madrid and Bayern player running in front of Ronaldo it’s understandable that the linesman wouldn’t be 100% sure if Ronaldo was offside.
Did the 5 other goals not prove decisive too No !
@Euphegenia: Well it’s the goal that swung the tie back in Real’s favour. The 2 goals after were obviously from Bayern having to commit to getting a goal back. So yeah it was a pretty decisive goal.