Valencia CF-Atletico Madrid Fallout: Technology Must Be Introduced Into Football

I´m late today with my blog, so rather than rehashing a bunch of old Arsenal news about why our team is injured and how we've had Lady Luck with us this season, I think I´ll have a little chat about the match I saw last night involving my second team, Valencia CF, and my former second team, Atletico Madrid.

I warn you in advance because if you don´t want to be here I don´t blame you, but I think we all know Arsenal have gotten effed over with injuries this year, and Chelsea without Drogba, Carvalho, Malouda, Cole, Zhirkov, Obi Mikel and Anelka for huge chunks of the season would not be the team, or in the same position.

BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO?

So instead, I think I´ll talk about the world of football and attempt to demonstrate I´m not just a tunnel-visioned Arsenal lackey.

Valencia Atletico

This was by-and-large a very boring match.

Both teams are distinctly average, particularly Atletico who seem to be full of uninterested, overpaid players. There is a curse at that club, and they seem to be content with flirting with success without really ever getting there.

Valencia have a squad that could normally win the Spanish league, but their manager's tactical nous leaves a LOT to be desired and he over-thinks EVERY SINGLE GAME. Why he doesn´t play 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 every game with his best 11 players, make substitutions when they're tired, and rotate when someone is injured is beyond me. But if you arrive at April and you don´t know who your best team is, then you haven´t got a fucking clue.

Throw in the towel Unai, you are spent.

That being said, Valencia had the better chances last night, although Forlan and Ujfalusi both could have ended the game in favour of Atletico as well.

Anyway, I´m not going to do a match report, because people don´t really care. I am going to rant about technology in football again because last night was an embarrassment.

Zigic went up for a header and was dragged to the ground by his coat-tails by the man marking him. His shirt was pulled so hard it RIPPED, right over his nipple in fact, which is a funny place for rippage to occur but that´s neither here nor there.

The important point is that neither referee saw the incident clearly but you could see the shock and embarrassment on their face when they didn´t award the penalty. Zigic showed off his newly tailored uniform and you could see the goal line official´s stomach turn in disgust at his poor judgment.

I mean that is just insane, EVERYONE can see the player has been tugged down by his shirt, EVERYONE knows had he not been it was a goal, but the referees are helpless because they cannot show weakness in light of evidence that occurs after the fact.

That is to say, they can´t change their call because of what they have seen on video or on the faces/clothing of the players, they just have to go with what they saw with their own eyes. (Although they certainly do rely on video evidence sometimes, I´m sure Zidane was sent off because of a sneaky peek at a video replay from the 4th official and NOT because the linesman saw it.)

Anyway, it´s a travesty that Valencia will most likely miss out of some money because of a terrible decision made by the referees and their inability to reverse or review this decision even with BLATANT evidence that proves they were wrong.

Sad times these are, living in the stone age.

We should ban plastic pinks too, because football has to be the same at all levels—right Mr. Blatter? Make everyone play with a pig´s bladder in their bare feet. PERFECT!

UptheArse