At lest that's more creative than ignorantly blaming the officiating.

Koman Coulibaly
At lest that's more creative than ignorantly blaming the officiating.

Nothing to blame since the offside goals were handed out evenly.

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Although the Dortmund one is kinda interesting because the second of the possible offsides leading to their 3rd goal might actually depend on which body parts of the goalie count for offsides, i.e. if his hands matter.
IIRC for normal players the arms don't matter for an offside decision because players aren't allowed to play the ball with them.
But the Malaga goalie in this situation would have been allowed to use his hands and because he was desperately trying to jump and reach back, at the moment of the pass his hands were closer to the goalline than the Dortmund player who scored, which could(!) mean that the scorer wasn't offside...

Even if Malaga went all the way and won the whole thing, they would be banned from Europe next year for being colossal deadbeats. And that's on YOU mister "I think I'm as cool as Man City's owners while not actually having the money I think I do." Within my lifetime, I'll see Europe do one of the following:
-Institute some form of real salary cap
-Do away w/ Pro/Reg
-Fold smaller leagues into bigger ones (on a team by team basis). Celtic to EPL, Porto to La Liga, Ajax to Bundesliga, etc.

The Voice of Doom: Koman Coulibaly
At lest that's more creative than ignorantly blaming the officiating.

Nothing to blame since the offside goals were handed out evenly.

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Although the Dortmund one is kinda interesting because the second of the possible offsides leading to their 3rd goal might actually depend on which body parts of the goalie count for offsides, i.e. if his hands matter.
IIRC for normal players the arms don't matter for an offside decision because players aren't allowed to play the ball with them.
But the Malaga goalie in this situation would have been allowed to use his hands and because he was desperately trying to jump and reach back, at the moment of the pass his hands were closer to the goalline than the Dortmund player who scored, which could(!) mean that the scorer wasn't offside...

I watched the game on delay last night.  I agree the offsides non-calls were close on both sides, but the overall officiating in the game was fantastic.  In the end it was one of the most exciting games I've seen in a while.  Too bad Malaga's suits have taken so much away from their players who showed they deserved to be there.  What's worse, those hollow cries of racism undermine the very real racism issue in FIFA.

Rwa2play:

Within my lifetime, I'll see Europe do one of the following:
-Institute some form of real salary cap

The EU will have something to say about that.  Better idea:  let the clubs die off.  It's the only way everyone will rein their spending in.

Except Leeds, Portsmouth et al haven't stopped Man City, Chelsea, etc. Call it confidence or delusion, the top end teams think it will NEVER happen to them. They have the power and the motivation to keep things as-is. They're doing fine.

-Do away w/ Pro/Reg

Uh, not too sure about this one either.

To your other point, one of the easiest ways for a team to go bankrupt/fold is to drop a league. And newly promoted teams don't have the years of financial stability/largess to compete. Eventually, there won't be any lower leagues to drop down into, everyone will be amateur or out of business.

-Fold smaller leagues into bigger ones (on a team by team basis). Celtic to EPL, Porto to La Liga, Ajax to Bundesliga, etc.

Again, won't happen.  Celtic/Rangers into the EPL has been floated for years on end.  Firstly, the ninety-something clubs in the English FA will have something to say about that.  Secondly, they'd most likely go into the Championship or even League 1 given the quality of the opposition and the number of games involved is greater than that of the SPL.  Third, it'll have to be UEFA approved and Platini's not into that, I think.

And that's assuming the huge clubs, Man U, Madrid, etc, don't pull a pure BCS style break away. If those teams don't just go "fark UEFA, we're going to set up our own league, generate billions of euros in TV money, and start our own continental championship." The big clubs have chafed/complained about FIFA/UEFA for years, anyway.