Comments on: Breakin’ Legs & Stopping Barcelona: The How-To Guides. http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/spain-la-liga/breakin-legs-stopping-barcelona-the-how-to-guides.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:57:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jose22 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/spain-la-liga/breakin-legs-stopping-barcelona-the-how-to-guides.html/comment-page-1#comment-150105 Jose22 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:40:47 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/spain-la-liga/breakin-legs-stopping-barcelona-the-how-to-guides.html#comment-150105 (To clarify, I mean that Barca should not be getting special treatment against opposition, not that they should be given privileged consideration. The rough play here would have been sanctioned had Malaga been playing a team in the bottom half of the table.) (To clarify, I mean that Barca should not be getting special treatment against opposition, not that they should be given privileged consideration. The rough play here would have been sanctioned had Malaga been playing a team in the bottom half of the table.)

]]> By: Jose22 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/spain-la-liga/breakin-legs-stopping-barcelona-the-how-to-guides.html/comment-page-1#comment-150104 Jose22 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:34:09 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/spain-la-liga/breakin-legs-stopping-barcelona-the-how-to-guides.html#comment-150104 Hopefully these shenanigans over the weekend convince La Liga refs that, no, it's not alright to let the champions "rough it out a bit" versus bottom-half opposition. The fact that Weligton isn't getting some punishment for intentionally stepping on Messi when the ball was in the other half of the field shows one aspect in which the Barclays Premiership seems to have done better than La Liga... Hopefully these shenanigans over the weekend convince La Liga refs that, no, it’s not alright to let the champions “rough it out a bit” versus bottom-half opposition.

The fact that Weligton isn’t getting some punishment for intentionally stepping on Messi when the ball was in the other half of the field shows one aspect in which the Barclays Premiership seems to have done better than La Liga…

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