Having just equalised with Barcelona, we were now pressing them hard and had them on the back foot at the start of the second half, Van Persie was played through and shot as soon as the ball went to him. He was offside, however he did not see the flag go up, nor did he hear the whistle because there were 95,000 screaming football fans in the Nou Camp that night.
Busacca then felt that to stop Arsenal from carrying on in the attacking manner that they started the second half he would send Van Persie off for kicking the ball 1 second after he blew the whistle, that only those standing next to him could hear. Our momentum in the second half stopped right there, and Barca went on to dominate, like they did in the first half.
Though had Van Persie not been sent off, we would have created more chances, and I'm damn sure we would have put one of them in. But that's in the past, it's done and dusted now.
However FIFA's appointment of Busacca as Head of FIFA Refereeing Department is very much the present. How can FIFA justify this appointment? Answer they simply can't but FIFA have never been an organisation that makes sense, or takes pride in 'Fair Play', if you are corrupt, or make terrible decisions that you don't apologise for, you'll always be welcomed at the Switz headquarters.
To think that this moron will teach other referees is actually quite terrifying. Because we, as Arsenal fans, will now have to look forward to a new generations of Massimo Busacca's to officiate our matches. And that scares the crap out of me. I am getting too old for being held down by the linesmen and raped by the referee, I'm 23 and I have been experiencing it my entire life. I just want one season where no referee screws Arsenal. Please Captain Jean Luc Picard, make it so!
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