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Originally Posted by jazzman
I just saw a replay of the "own goal"....what a shocker!!! I'm not sure what Riise was trying to do. You would think that a guy with his talent and experience would have calmly cleared the ball away off his boot instead of opting for a header.
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Originally Posted by jlb1705
I don't have a rooting interest in this, and watched in absolute shock as that own goal happened. That was an epic blunder - the kind of thing you'd expect to see as part of an "agony of defeat" montage on Wide World of Sports.
You're absolutely right, he should have cleared that with his boot rather than going down that low for a header in that situation.
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I was listening to some of the post game wrap up and I couldn't spell his name if I wanted to, but Janusz Michalek said that the only reason Riise was on the field was due to Fabio Aurello was injured. He wasn't calm in that situation. He made an absolute screaming mess of what should have been an offside call, i still can't find out if you can be flagged for offside on a throw-in, and a pretty run of the mill low cross.
I didn't have much of a rooting interest in this game as I am pretty confident that my team will have a better than 50% chance in winning the Champions League against either of the 2 that played today. It was just poetic that jazzman said it would end in a draw due to a Liverpool mistake at the back and that certainly qualifies as a mistake at the back. Maybe the worst I have seen in a number of years.