Was it a red?

The initial foul was a yellow, a good one to get at that. The so-called kick was neither.

As I said earlier, if that was messi would he have been sent off?

Like * he wouldnt.

 

Red card. Broonie probably fed up with Naymar's 'cry baby' antics, so got frustrated - 'will just give you a wee tap, cos you're a real pain...you make Renaldo or Bale look like cage fighters'. Moment of madness, like Beckham's flick when on the ground vs Argentina.

 

A yellow for content but possibly a red for intent .
That is the weak link in Broonys armoury the red mist comes down to quick . He was playing a blinder up to that crazy moment , I just hope he learns from it

 

It was nothing in my opinion, the so-called kick out at the wee *. The initial foul was a yellow at best but referees need to show some common sense in situations like this and following the rules to the letter is no excuse for the ref, if that was the case he should have booked Neymar for play acting as well.

 

He did follow the letter of the law, he sent off a player for kicking out at someone off the ball. No matter how little contact there was, this is the top and bottom of it.

 

I actually agree with you. * *...

I see very little contact. It wasn't a "kick", but Brown should have known better. Never a red if Neymar doesn't act like he's been stabbed and Barca don't crowd the ref though.

 

This 100% sums it up really Brown at fault

 

It's just like the Rivaldo incident against Turkey, the ball was kicked at him,hits him on the legs and he goes down holding his face resulting in a red card. If the ball wasn't stupidly kicked at him there would be no red card, but still a disgraceful showing from a footballer..Brown should not have given Neymar the opportunity to do a Rivaldo.

What I do not like is the fact that the ref had seen the foul and had taken out a yellow card ( mind made up ), only to change it after Neymar's oscar performance.He must have felt a bit conned after the brazilian made a Lazarus recovery.

 

Barcelona get the decisions in big games, especially in Europe, the vast, vast majority of the time. No coincidence for me.

 

By the letter of the law its a red, its no even a natural stride. He kicked Neymar's arm whilst on the deck. It may be petulant and very soft but it's violent conduct. He's let his team down badly.

 

I dont understand how half the forum can justify that as a red card? Worlds went mad.

 

Then he should also have booked Neymar for play acting

 

Especially his dive where he had a word with him in the first half.


Biggest sending off offence was Busquets tackle though, over the top, stufs showing stamp.

 

he kicked him, red card.

 

You can't really send someone off for kicking out a player, then book the player that was fouled for play acting though, that wouldn't make sense at all.

I think there is too much people looking to blame Neymar over Brown. At the end of the day, Brown's boot should have been nowhere near Neymar's arm, he had brought him down, he could have quite easily ran past him without kicking out, but he chose not to. The blame lies solely with Brown, he let himself, the club, and his teammates down big time. And he should have known better.

 

Mate if you're at home then put on SSN. They are running the repeats of it and they have the best angle. He clearly kicks Neymar in the back. It was a red card all day long. He didn't even protest and according to Commons has apologised to the team.

There is an arguement to be had about whether the rules are too soft but there is not about he card. Even if he missed, he would have went for intent.

 

Aye, he should have been booked for that dive. Especially since the ref acknowledged the fact it was a dive. Izaguirre's on Bartra was a bad one as well.

 

Seen that earlier. Dont know who the ref was but he has to be smarter than that. Really poor decision to award a pen for that but in the end, it helped us I suppose.

 

Thats inexcusable tbh. He deems it a dive and chooses not to apply the rules.