BENATIA CALLS OUT ENGLISH REFEREE OVER PARTIAL PENALTY AWARD



Its been almost 24 hours ever since the world began gushing about the Real Madrid Vs Juventus blood battle that left everyone speculating it would be a ‘return-leg’.
If you watched the match, you know already that had English referee; Michael Oliver not awarded a penalty kick at the 97th minute, then Cristiano Ronaldo would never have got the opportunity to save another spot in subsequent UEFA Champions league matches for this year.
But reports reaching us that Medhi Benatia claims the penalty award was partial has become a new round for football gossip.
He says to beIN Sports, France; 
          “I’ve seen it in the match; I’ve seen it on the TV. You can’t whistle for a foul on this kind of action. When you put in that much effort against a great team like this, you can’t have a referee whistling for a penalty like that in the 93rd minute, because honestly, this is a game which should have ended in extra-time”
He goes on to say;
          “I’m proud of my team, but I’m more and more disgusted by the world of football. If I’d made a clear foul, I’d have said it honestly. I touched him, but otherwise he’d have scored into an empty goal. But that’s not the case! I did everything I could not to touch him, but at the end of the day, football is still a contact sport. So its possible my right thigh touched him, but I didn’t shove him or anything. There it is, its bad. Its bad. We’re disgusted, but that’s life, that’s football.”
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