Very lucky considering Martinez got two yellows but got away with it due to the penalties not being regarded as the same game, which doesn't really make sense to me
Yeah, I get that.
Like last night, Real Madrid were played off the park by Man City but have scraped through to a major semi-final because City couldn't finish and they've scrapped away goals.
Tonight, Aston Villa were lucky to beat Lille on penalties, who were much the better team on the night.
I suppose I'm the opposite. I don't like penalty shoot outs, they have nowt to do with a game of football really. Be like settling The Masters with a putting competition or something. Obviously they are a necessary evil but I'd prefer matches to be sorted out with an actual game of football. Agree about the FA Cup final but the FA bottled that one a while back by pandering to the Premier League. It's quite a weak governing body unfortunately, and has been since they decided to cut their own throats and back the Premier League. That was more about trying to stitch up the Football League than it was about the long term benefits to either themselves or football in general. They stuffed themselves as well though the morons.
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