19 March 2016

'The worst referee ever'

Yesterday we enjoyed all 8 pairs from the Europa League with lots of action, chasing results, (plenty of) goals, disappointments...All but one and not everyone was satisfied.
Those who watch it, many thought that the game was rigged...and it sounds like it. But if you ask the Turkish media how it felt after Sporting Braga-Fenerbahce match all in one voice will say: scandalous. The media, Fenerbahce supporters, (basically) whole country and those who love football were furious at the Croatian referee Ivan Bebek of how he guided the game. Turkish supporters already declared Bebek as the worlds worst referee because they felt they were severely damaged in the game. Even international fans flooded social networks by saying that the match was robbed and that 'Ivan Bebek is the worst referee ever', while some of them even accused UEFA of match fixing after this incident. Besides the referee in 'yellow', the rage was directed to UEFA as well, who 'picked the right man' to do the job. 'Scandalous!, Controversial decision of the Croatian referee' was some of the titles by the Turkish portals. And they were all right for the 'controversial' word as the 'famous' referee allowed a goal from offside, the penalty was suspicious, gave 3 red cards (all for Fenerbahce) and 10 yellow. At the end a little incident occurred when Volkan Sen, out of rage, pushed Bebek aside and now he might be facing a lengthy, lengthy ban.
Sporting Braga beat Fenerbahce 4:1 and, on overall aggregate of 4:2, qualified for the quarter-finals.

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