by Avalon » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:43 pm
Although Balo does stupid things, I genuinely fail to see how it was a red card. He might have touched... his what? Shin? Upper leg? I'm sorry, I can't see what the commentators were ranting about the entire time. At best it was a yellow card.
We were all complaining about the theatrics of Primadona Kiev and this was simply another one. Balo hardly touched him.
Secondly, I remember Tevez blocking a shot on goal with his back last week. Guess he's an exception then. I also saw Tevez miss chances 2 yards out for us, even this season. So who are we kidding?
Don't consider this as some sort of defense for him. Just think of another player in the same situations. Simply said, it wasn't red. That he blocked the shot wasn't his fault, because how could he have known the ball would bounce where Silva was, let alone Silva shoot. Despite that, would the ball have gone in? Thirdly, other players have missed worse chances than Balo did. People are just looking for excuses to dislike him. Like the wankers commentating about his attitude all the time.
I'd love to hear how that was a red card though. He didn't kick at the player and he merely brushed his leg. Gee... dangerous.