Passion of a Cataluna Derby, riots, dubious penalties and diving: Espanyol 1 v Barca 2

Saturday, 27 September 08, 05:41 PM · Comments(3)

What a blinder of a night! Espanyol have just lost to Barca thanks to a seriously dubious penalty decision after five minutes injury time.Barca played Espanyol off the park for the majority of the game and in the second half Espanyol didn't even have a shot on target.

You could say the victory for Barca was deserved after the hounding that they gave but the penalty decision in the last minute, in my opinion, shouldn’t have been given.About half way though the second half the audience were reminded of the passion over these games, suddenly some fans from Barca through a burning orange flare down towards their arch rivals fans and kicked of a chaos.

The ref even had to stop the game for a few minutes while the fans calmed down, it was a crazy scene as police marched round the back of the Barca supporters and also of the home side to try and control the drama.

After watching a brief interview with Sanchez Llibre after the match he was severely pissed off with the hooligans starting the trouble and appalled at the ref's decision to give a penalty against Henry, he didn't dive; but he might as well have done.

I feel sorry for Espanyol, they fought hard for the majority of the match and deserved a draw at least, Barca were beautiful at times, as much as I hate to say it Henry played a blinder, but when is Messi going to stop diving about?

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Tags: La Liga 08/09, Thierry Henry, Lionel Messi, Barcelona, Espanyol

Topics: La Liga 08/09, Thierry Henry, Lionel Messi, Barcelona, Espanyol

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