I honestly do not think I’ve ever seen a match that was called worse than the match against Getafe today. Araujo should have had a yellow and we got maybe a call or two apart from that, but Getafe got away with murder. Damian, a piece of trash, had at least three yellow card offenses, one of them actually a red I’d say, before he actually got a yellow. Mata, another piece of trash, had two yellow cards, when he should have been sent off prior to that and his second yellow that was given should have been a straight red. Then you’ve got all the other fouls in addition to those. Best of all though is a clear foul on Araujo in the box and the ref calls a handball on Gavi, after VAR review mind you, because the ball is kicked into his arm from a foot away while the opposing player is holding his shirt on both his chest and back. And if you want to get a real feel for how bad it was, Steve McManaman even was saying as much on the majority of the referee decisions. Oh, and he sent off a Getafe staff member who walked a few feet away and then just stayed there the rest of the match. Xavi did as much when he was laughably sent off, but he was later in the boxes while I’m pretty sure the Getafe staff member was later even on the pitch. Match was a total embarrassment for the league too.
As for us, poor performance. Romeu, De Jong and Yamal were our best players for me. Gundogan, I think he’ll be in Kessie territory next Summer. Can’t understand why we‘re wasting the wages on him. I also think it’ll be time to move Lewandowski on next Summer too. Sell Abde immediately. He can be dangerous, but end product isn’t very good and he makes bad decisions. Fati is a player I‘ve felt should still get a chance, but again, looking at his wages and what he brings…. I don’t know. I’d sell Raphinha too. And Xavi needs to ditch that 4 man midfield. We could have used a wide player on the left the whole match.
As for Getafe, I hope they get relegated and Bordalas gets sacked in the process.
@Power Man , like you need a 9, we need a dynamic winger now that Dembele is gone. We need a guy who can put the opposing player on his heels and the two guys we have for that are Yamal and Abde and the latter isn’t good enough.