The Final LIVE Game on VOOM: Real Madrid vs. Villarreal - Today @ 3:58 PM EDT

[Ilya]

Gooooooaaaaaaaaaal!!!!!!!

 

[subdude212]

that was a weak penalty call

 

[codpiece]

That was NOT a penalty...Pavon got the ball first with the sole of his boots!

Bad call and the ref wasn't in a good enough position to make that call.

 

[timfouts]

That was NOT a penalty...Pavon got the ball first with the sole of his boots!

Bad call and the ref wasn't in a good enough position to make that call.

The assistant referee put his flag up also-he saw the same thing. Pavon went through the legs of the attacker and that is a no, no-2nd replay-from the endline showed that no contact with the ball--Paul commented--endline camera that was the angle and the AR

Referee has courage

 

[timfouts]

Halftime-at least it will not be like last week nil-nil

 

[codpiece]

Close call, but not a penalty.

Also, you can't believe Paul, as they have a crap view. He often confuses players and numbers. He called Pavon, Samuel earlier.

 

[Ilya]

Well, 0-1 after the first half.
Villarreal is ahead.

 

[jsb_hburg]

nice quip about sending money...

 

[Ilya]

Close call, but not a penalty.

Also, you can't believe Paul, as they have a crap view.

Actually he commented after watching the replays.

 

[timfouts]

nice quip about sending money...

yes that was good

 

[codpiece]

Actually he commented after watching the replays.

He saw it live first, and that colors his view significantly.

The challenged was at the ball first and Forlan and Pavon made contact with the ball nearly instanteously, without Pavon having made contact with Forlan prior to that...too close to call a penalty in my book.

Oh well, agree to disagree.

 

[timfouts]

. . . He often confuses players and numbers. He called Pavon, Samuel earlier.

That's because he's watching a small monitor up in the booth and not a 53" widescreen

 

[subdude212]

Tangent: I thought Espanyol was the team made up entirely of basques, is it some other team?

 

[Ilya]

How's the PQ?

To answer your question (about MLS on HDNet), I only installed Adelphia cable a few days ago and didn't have a chance to watch any MLS games. Perhaps tonight.
Overall the PQ on HDNet and other HD channels is pretty good, though I do get occasional pixelation which is worse than on VOOM.

To tell the truth, MLS games excite me much less than LaLiga games. Hopefully HD broadcast will change that!

 

[subdude212]

Tangent: I thought Espanyol was the team made up entirely of basques, is it some other team?

Got it, Athletic Bilbao.

 

[subdude212]

Ilya:

I get Adelphia on Tuesday. The transition begins.

 

[timfouts]

Last thing about the penalty: The ball rolls straight out and is not diverted==untouched If the referee does not give it then he can have a difficult problem in the second half, if there's contact with a Real attacker that penalty will be easy.

I just noticed that the referee is miked

 

[codpiece]

The ball clearly changes direction.

 

[subdude212]

Get Raul out of there. I want Solari!

 

[jsb_hburg]

wow, so close on the header...