:D :D So, heres how it happened in this years UEFA Champions League Final: 51:54: Angel di Maria goes down and Atletico surround Kuipers, bumping into him and causing him to have to reassert control. By 52:15, the time wasting stops and the match is reset. 21 seconds. 57:55: Real make a double substitution. Throw in happens at 58:23. 28 seconds 65:00: Atletico make a substitution. Raul Garcia takes his sweet time getting off the pitch. Throw in at 65:42. 42 seconds 71:49: Iker Casillas is shaken up after a collision with David Villa, requiring an injury assessment (no treatment). Game restarts by 72:15. 21 seconds 73:27: Angel di Maria is shaken up, requiring an injury assessment (no treatment). Game restarts at 73:56. 30 seconds 78:00: Real make a substitution. Throw in at 78:11 11 seconds 80:59: Gabi does a dramatic roll from a foul and lays face down on the ground. Atletico and Real players start sparring. This requires time to sort out the injury assessment (requiring minimal treatment) and separate the players. Then there was an Atletico substitution. Play finally restarts at 82:45. 1 minute and 46 seconds. 84:19: Atletico player lands awkwardly and takes his time getting up from the injury assessment (no treatment). Corner is taken at 84:54. 35 seconds Total Time: 294 seconds or… 4.9 minutes Kuipers and team got it exactly right. It felt as if it should have been less because the incidents were each short and spread out. The injuries were all shaken off quickly and no one really required much treatment. It was easy to lose track of just how much time was being spent. But note that the vast majority of this time was spent by Atletico Madrid while they had a 1-0 lead. It took longer for Garcia to saunter off the pitch than for Real to make all three of their substitutions combined. Basically, Atletico tried to burn time and then it bit them in the ass. You simply can’t blame the referee for that! :P
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 00:50:43 +0000
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