If you didn't catch the AC Milan v Bayern Munich game yesterday, you missed a thriller. The complete 4 goal highlight reel is below. The game ended up hinging on one player and a referee. Daniel van Buyten, the Belgian defender, was involved in 3 out of 4 goals in the 2-2 tie.
1. Goal 2: van Buyten ties the game with a scrum volley in the box.
2. Goal 3: van Buyten gets called for taking down an AC Milan player in the box. Video evidence shows that the call is an "appallingly bad decision" by the Russian referee.
3. Goal 4: van Buyten ties the game again with another volley, this time in the 93rd minute.
AC Milan looks lethal and if it wasn't for the bad call by the referee, I would have walked away saying they should have won the game. However, I am glad that Bayern came back with the tie. BTW, with the urine tossing Kahn out of goal, backup Michael Rensing starred in goal for Bayern Munich with two amazing saves on headers from the Italian team. If he had saved the PK I would think that Kahn would be worried about his starting spot.
2 comments:
Actually, on goal #3, van Buyten was given a yellow card for protesting the call. The referee determined that Lucio's excellent tackle on Kaka' was a penalty kick offense. He must have been watching a different game.
It was poetic justice that van Buyten equalized at the death. Two important away goals that AC Milan will be hard pressed to overcome next week.
Great blog, and all the best.
Steve
You're right of course, it was Lucio on the tackle. Nice catch. Thanks for stopping by.
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