Match Against Real Madrid Ends in Fight

Cucuy FC - Real Madrid 1:0 (1:0)

Looking back I'm not sure how it all escalated this far, but it didn't help that Real had a bunch of dirty players on their squad. The ref also did his part, and then some of our players lost their cool. What I do saw though that Karol got a high kick in his face in first half that got unnoticed and Dave Hintz almost lost a nut on a real dirty slide tackle. In second half, Karol was wrestled down on a run into the box. I guess that happens occasionally, but most players let go of him once he hits the ground. This guy however kind of hung on to Karol while he got back up. Karol didn't retaliate though and kept asking the ref if he would do something about it. Well eventually he did, gave the guy a red, but then gave one to Karol as well, for "talking". That was probably the worst call since Doug Hanson got send off (the "double-bird incident"), and that's when everything started. I think it would have been better if Karol had kept his cool then, but there's only so much Bullenscheisse a man can take. I won't get into who did what after that, only to say that in my opinion no matter how bad the ref he should always be off limits. It would help though if we get a ref that speaks just a little English, or at least German. After that incident the game was over. A couple of days later we found out that Real was just back from suspension for fighting, and now has been banned from the league for good. Tschuess!

Goal: Andrew