Copa Centenario Thread: Chile made Messi's ass quit

No way that's a red, this is absurd

 

Hahahaha! Pretty harsh red card right there. It was aggressive, but damn!

 

well... at least he is crappy both ways.

 

We see you ref!

 

We need someone to get a goal so this thing goes wide fucking open.

 

So much drama in the club.

 

It's 10v10. It's gonna be open no matter what.

 

brazil

 

There's going to be a benches clearing brawl if this ends before shootout

 

I've never seen so many players/coaches ask for cards at every moment... but then again, he seems to be giving them out like candy, so they might as well ask.

 

13 reds in his last 20 matches, seems low based on what we've seen so far.

 

This is amazing.

 

Fucking Vargas. My legs broke, my legs broke, oh shit we won it back, hops up with a quickness.

 

this has a bit more drama than last years if you're into that sort of thing

 

This game is madness.

 

Only thing this game is missing is a guest appearance from Jorge Sampaoli

 

I really hope we get down to 8 v 8

 

Shut up Rob Stone. I want to hear the conversations with the ref

 

Fuck, switching to Univision

 

All I want is 2 reds and 5 goals in the second half. Is that too much to ask?

 

I don't agree with either the 2nd yellow or the straight red (so, either ejection really) but this guy is actually entertaining as fuck the way he manages all of his player/coach interactions and his super smug demeanor.

 

Card distribution chart for the last several matches that this referee has officiated.

 

lol not watching w/ audio but twitter claims Ali Wagner was just blaming the pitch for all the tackles

 

Yeah, she said something about the field being really narrow causing no space and too many tackles or some dumb shit like that.

 

Vidal was kinda lucky his teammate put his arm all over Messi imo, since he totally tripped Messi and is carrying a yellow

 

Kranevitter

 

Shocker that Atletico owns him, their scouting is absurd.

 

Aly Wagner ‏@alywagner 19m19 minutes ago
Yes people. Small field means more opportunity to pressure, more opportunity for tackles and ultimately more fouls and cards. #ARGvCHI

 

damn

 

great performance from Messi

 

Wait it's a small field? I didn't realize it varied.

 

Wasn't hard to spot him leading River to the Libertadores title. Crazy though that no other team went for him at the price Atletico paid

 

This is funny, because I generally kind of like Ali and appreciate that she has "tactical" things to say (whereas Alexi is all emotional garbage) but in this case it's definitely working against her.

 

Most soccer stadiums have wider fields than a lot of US football stadiums allow for, places like Stoke being the exception. Or at least thats what I think is the case.

 

Alexis taking a beating

 

Almost got a dick shot there

 

Alexis just using this as an excuse to pull his shorts up

 

I told my wife about his dogs. She's rooting for Chile now and loves him.

 

Kun is a clown. Ideally, he's perfect for this situation. In actual execution, nahhhhh

 

Messi overthinking it now

 

He has 1 short leg up at least 90% of the game.

 

Goodness that move and then pass

 

puch puch puch puch

 

Fucking hell linesman, you're 2 feet away from that dive and can't tell.

 

Oh Kun

 

Jesus Christ. Between higuain and kun shooting fucking blanks this shit is hopeless

 

well done kun