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Thursday, December 8, 2011

4:12 AM
There is a new chapter to talk about, a chapter that casts a heavy shadow on the last round of Champions League.

The last round of Group D Champions League, in fact, promoted Lyon against Ajax (on goal difference) after two matches, and nothing short of amazing. Let's examine them one at a time.

Ajax - Real Madrid 0-3. Mourinho's team will probably win even with merit, but he does so with a margin certainly excessive. The Dutch team saw canceled two regular goals built by Lodeiro and Anita during the first half, both because of reports of questionable offside. In fact, let's say wrong. "The referee Manuel De Sousa has granted to Real Madrid the first goal scored in offside but then canceled two good to us. This is a scenario that we could not even imagine in our worst nightmares," blurted Ajax coach Frank De Boer after the match (only one fact: in 1-0 Real Madrid, Callejon was perfectly in line).

The nightmare scenario was completed when Ajax coach then went to see what happened in Zagreb, the other decisive match for the next round. Lyon faces Dynamo, who immediately remain in 10 men (double yellow card to Leko) but still managed to go ahead with Kovacic, with Lyon that can equalize on the last minute of the first half setting it to 1-1.
In the second half, however, something changed: the French marked 3 goals in 5 minutes and then go on to win with an exaggerated 7-1, with virtually all the goals scored within half an hour. A goal of Gomis, was at the limit of offside, but what surprised most was the ease with which the submissive Croatian defenders "pulled back their legs" allowing Lyon to complete the scoring line which turned the tables by promoting the French in the second round of Champions League. Emblematic image and terribly distressing was Domagoj Vida who smiles to Lisandro Lopez after scoring 5-1: isn't that enough for UEFA to open an investigation?


Lyons and Ajax closed at the end pairs in the group with 8 points and the French were able to celebrate the next round with a lead of 2 goals in goal difference. Only 2 goals, compared to an evening full of doubts. Doubt that on the one hand (at Amsterdam) could be clarified through the use of technology against which UEFA and FIFA continue to deny, while the other (the one in Zagreb) raise questions about the credibility of what should be the best football competition in the world, but certainly turning into a pot of suspects. Furthermore Lyon is French, Michel Platini is French and this simple 1 plus 1 makes someone suspicious...

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