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@NealGardner_ Your bias is robbing you of enjoying the rise of Gerard Maldini. Just watch

I don’t know if it’s my own bias, but I’m still not comfortable with Martin. I see his ceiling as a Lenglet-level player (which isn’t at all an insult btw). A valuable squad player, but Cubarsi needs more.

@TSw1p3r @ElModelin He should learn from him. He’s been in the squad long enough

@Pyroboi10 @ElModelin Hombre claro... Comparas a uno de los mejores delanteros y goleadores de la última década, ya con 37 años, con un tío de 26 años, que ha jugado prácticamente toda su carrera en banda... Y no ha sido hasta hace un par de años, que ha empezado a jugar de 9 de forma regular

Lewandowski en 10 segundos: 1. Fija al lateral para liberar la banda a Cancelo. 2. Se coloca entre centrales para liberar zona de remate al primer palo. 3. Ataca la zona de remate recién liberada. 4. Busca posible rechace en zona de GK. 5. Mete gol.

Gerard Martín, Almada y la Circular 3: por qué NO es roja La polémica acción entre Gerard Martín y Thiago Almada ilustra a la perfección la aplicación práctica de la Circular 3 del CTA (2025). Desde un punto de vista jurídico-arbitral, el análisis técnico no deja margen a la duda: no hay juego brusco grave, ni imprudencia, ni fuerza excesiva, sino una acción fortuita derivada del movimiento natural de despeje. La Circular distingue tres escenarios: (1) contacto posterior tras jugar balón, (2) jugador impactado tras jugar balón, y (3) contacto inevitable porque el adversario invade el espacio natural del movimiento. Este último supuesto, el de Gerard Martín, es clave: el defensor llega primero, controla su acción y despeja. El posterior impacto con Almada no nace de una disputa, sino de la invasión por parte del atacante de la zona de ejecución del golpeo ya completado. En términos normativos, el CTA indica que, si el contacto procede del movimiento inherente a una acción reglamentaria y no hay movimiento adicional, ni imprudencia, ni riesgo desproporcionado, el árbitro debe calificarla como fortuita, sin sanción disciplinaria. Calificar esta jugada como roja habría supuesto desconocer el principio de inevitabilidad del contacto y romper con el criterio aplicado durante toda la temporada. Incluso la tarjeta amarilla posterior es jurídicamente discutible: la propia Circular prevé que las acciones fortuitas queden exentas de infracción, precisamente para proteger la coherencia del criterio y la seguridad jurídica arbitral. En resumen, la doctrina de la Circular 3 reafirma una premisa básica del Derecho deportivo arbitral: no todo contacto es sancionable; lo que se castiga no es el hecho físico, sino la forma, el riesgo y la evitabilidad de la acción. Circular 3 👇 rfef.es/sites/default/…

@rfef @Atleti @FCBarcelona_es @CTARFEF Bien!!! La transparencia es lo esencial con el VAR

🗣 AUDIO REVISIÓN VAR 🗓 Jornada 30 | Primera División ⚽ @Atleti 🆚 @FCBarcelona_es | 48’ #ArbitrajeRFEF | @CTARFEF

@BouafifNour He did the xavi against RM flick

I need a closer replay of what Olmo did there, because oh my god that first touch… wow.

@ESPNFC He cleared the ball way earlier. Stop framing Gerard Maldini!

Atlético Madrid cannot believe this challenge by Gerard Martín was changed from a red card to a yellow 😮

@NealGardner_ He got to the ball really early but idk getting a red for that would have been fair. It’s a tough call

I mean, he played the ball but the follow through was nasty. I don’t know the laws on this. No idea.

@RafaelH117 Nah he was slowing down and had cleared the ball way earlier that was probably what the refs thought

Atletico Madrid have reason to complain, it's a red card. VAR have made a mess, not even debatable.

@WolfRMFC He was de-accelerating and had gotten the ball way earlier so yellow I guess. Tough call

THEY CANCELLED THIS RED CARD OH MY GOD THIS LEAGUE IS SO CORRUPT 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Bernal was excellent. I hope it’s just a cramp and nothing serious. He’s a serious baller

What a tough win. Ppl will say that Gerard Maldini should have been sent off but it’s up to the ref. Ref must have felt that he did go hard but hadcleared the ball and was just de-accelerating and not trying to go through the man violently. Tough call

@CaptnGuardiola Yeah but he played awesome today. He was actual real danger on the wing. He just needs to combine more with the mids and he’s gonna fly I can feel it

Rashford's behavior after losing the ball is shameful. Walking, jogging, watching. Zero intensity or desire to sprint & counter-press. The contrast with Raphinha's behavior in these situations is striking. #AtletiBarça

@footballmood He’s trying too hard rn to score. He’s desperate. so he’s rushing or delaying the play too much so when he fights himself on top of goal, he’s either too ahead and makes an error or he’s too behind and he’s not balanced when he’s shooting

The most shocking observation about Ferran is that he seems physically burned out for some reason. Can't be just the mental outcome of feeling the end is near.

@BouafifNour The difference between Ferran and lewa in the timing of their runs rn is night and day

LEWANDOWSKI I told you we should play more switches to Cancelo, he just created that goal almost singelhandedly

@NealGardner_ Tough season but we keep going

Just as Frenkie’s about to get fit enough, Bernal gets injured. I’m tired man. Story of our season.

@ManwithoutF @StarWarsOutlaws I enjoyed it when I played it. Wouldn’t play it again but it was fun while I got through it

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@NealGardner_ Honestly Neal shut up. You don’t know the limits of Martin. He’s like 22. He’s going to get even better

Martin has done really well to at least establish himself as a decent depth player, but some of the takes I’m seeing are wild lol. He will never be more than a decent depth player imo, which is great, but we can’t go halting our CB plans because of it.

@NealGardner_ Time for rashford to put on his big boy pants

So he’ll miss all three games vs Atleti, but should be back in time for the potential CL Semi + the Clasico. Very annoying, but I suppose it could’ve been worse.

@kevvwill He’s quite slow. I’m not sure he’s an upgrade over balde but the competition will be good for balde. I think Araujo goes, kounde goes back to cb and cancelo stays

GROAN