Liveblog: Real Madrid v Getafe

By: Steve | February 24th, 2008

Hala Madrid! Sorry Madridistas, I must again apologize for the lack of a liveblog. The TV has been taken over by a Singstar PS3 party by my flatmates, so unfortunately I’m in the minority on watching the match, which is being shown on Sky Sports 3 here in the UK in about 15 minutes. I don’t think the party will go on for the entire duration of the match, so if I can get any coverage, i’ll do my best to write something, anything.

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• Apollo |  February 24th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

  
  
  

  That’s lame…haha…oh well, let’s hope we bounce back with a strong effort today.

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• cfc069 |  February 24th, 2008 at 2:36 pm

  
  
  

  well with 13 mins to go

  Getafe are 1-0 up

  KTBFFH

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• Nolan |  February 24th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

  
  
  

  Nice goal.

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• cfc069 |  February 24th, 2008 at 2:42 pm

  
  
  

  Extraordinary events leading up to Getafe’s goal.

  Robben has a goal disallowed and within 15 seconds, Getafe had a four on two from the resulting free-kick and bang 1-0 Getafe!!!

  KTBFFH

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• cfc069 |  February 24th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

  
  
  

  3mins to go

  1-0 to Getafe

  KTBFFH

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• cfc069 |  February 24th, 2008 at 2:53 pm

  
  
  

  Stick to the PS3 party. You just got beat 1-0

  KTBFFH

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• Nolan |  February 24th, 2008 at 3:05 pm

  
  
  

  2 points…looks like lady luck has hopped on a train to Catalonia.

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• Jay |  February 24th, 2008 at 3:28 pm

  
  
  

  Evil Empire is falling!

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• mctalian |  February 24th, 2008 at 4:02 pm

  
  
  

  The scenario that led to Getafe’s goal was weirder than good drugs. Madrid has cause for complaint.

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• Nolan |  February 24th, 2008 at 4:17 pm

  
  
  

  Robben was offside by a mile…horrible luck but the goal was perfectly legit. I blame overconfidence more than anything else.

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• Ciaran |  February 24th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

  
  
  

  Abolutelt hilarious. I’d watch that over and over again. Another couple of weeks like this and the match before christmas wont matter

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• elmeromero |  February 24th, 2008 at 5:19 pm

  
  
  

  First of all Nolan, it was not Robben that was offside, so clearly not by a mile. They supposedly called it on Raul, even though the shot from Van Nistelrooy was a shot and not a pass, but Raul was the one offside technically and therefore in a better place to recover the deflection. The most important thing to note is that the line refs flag did not go up, even Michael Laudrup admitted this in his post-match press conference. The flag stayed down causing all of the Real Players to celebrate. The ref then proceeded to let the ball get back in play without so much as a warning to Madrid. Poor poor officiating, and Madrid certainly has cause for a grievance. Even the commentators on TV said they were flabbergasted and that in all their years playing or calling games they had never seen something like that. Pathetic officiating. That’s the way the cookie crumbles sometimes, but make no mistake, there is plenty of league left, some of our injured guys are coming back soon, and Barca is still in second place.

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• Nolan |  February 24th, 2008 at 5:39 pm

  
  
  

  Raul not Robben, yeah, while I exaggerated the truth is the refs call was still legitimate. Barca is in second still and I won’t get my hopes up too much yet, but suddenly the next clasico is looking even more important.

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• Corey |  February 24th, 2008 at 8:30 pm

  
  
  

  I think with the rediculous nature of this call everyone will stop with the “pro-Madrid” referee decisions debate, but this one clearly didnt go our way and cost us the game.

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• elisa |  February 24th, 2008 at 8:49 pm

  
  
  

  We have a new bogey team - Geta. Incredulous, unbelievable game.

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• Ryan |  February 24th, 2008 at 10:47 pm

  
  
  

  For everyone yelling, the goal stands. No matter if he was offsides or not, Getafe can restart the game as soon as they put the ball down and into play.

  Aupa Geta!

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• Corey |  February 25th, 2008 at 1:30 pm

  
  
  

  This is true Ryan, but if the linesmen’s flag would have been raised, which if I am not wrong, usually indicates an offside call, the team wouldnt have dallied around celebrating and would have hustled off after the Getafe players. Instead, with out a flag up, they all looked around to see what was going on and reacted late. So while I do not disagree with the offside call per say, I disagree with the referee not stopping play to explain the decision. Without a linesmen’s flag, how would that group of celebrating players known what was going on?

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• Ryan |  February 25th, 2008 at 9:37 pm

  
  
  

  I wasn’t aware that the linesman didn’t put his flag up.

  But I find that strange. The ref immediately looks to his linesman to see if the flag is up. If it isn’t up the I believe it’s not the referee’s decision to call it offsides.

  In the game, the players didn’t look stunned that it was an offsides call, which makes me think the flag was up.

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• Ryan |  February 25th, 2008 at 9:39 pm

  
  
  

  Okay, I’ve been corrected. Then wow, that is bad officiating, but still, Getafe can put the ball back into play without the linesman’s flag up.

  What a crazy turn of events

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