Has your football(soccer) team been quite blatantly cheated in a big match?

Hello, I was just asking this question due the fact I was looking back on my team,Celtic in 2003.

We lost the UEFA cup final to Porto AET 3-2. I remember that game vividly, Porto players were diving all over the floor and the referee gave everything their way, all 3 of their goals were lucky and they scored their third against the run of play. You may say I'm acting like an idiot, but Porto were found match fixing in their league that season, so why didn't UEFA launch an investigation? (Neon-Tiger I think supports Benfica - A Portuguese team, I think he can back me up that Porto match fix :P lol)

So has your team been blatantly cheated?

I support Celtic FC aswell, and we should of won that match :(

England, world cup match, some guy slaps the ball into the net and the ref says he used his head and not his hand. OMG THANKS

Yes, France at the World Cup qualifications against Ireland. Henry just smacked the ball (twice!) into the net with his hand. I, for one, will not be supporting France this World Cup. Mochyc

Yup, I remember that, blatant cheating and it cost us the match and a place at the world cup.:evil:

Ironic that you post this now, as the largest fraud scandal in Australian Rugby League has been uncovered. Basically, the Melbourne team was paying it's players over the salary cap.linkthewindow

USA during 2002 World Cup, quarterfinals against Germany. There was a handball committed by a German player, refs completely missed it.

[QUOTE="Mochyc"]Yes, France at the World Cup qualifications against Ireland. Henry just smacked the ball (twice!) into the net with his hand. I, for one, will not be supporting France this World Cup. flyingsnail

Yup, I remember that, blatant cheating and it cost us the match and a place at the world cup.:evil:

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[QUOTE="Mochyc"]Yes, France at the World Cup qualifications against Ireland. Henry just smacked the ball (twice!) into the net with his hand. I, for one, will not be supporting France this World Cup. Bitter_Altmer

Yup, I remember that, blatant cheating and it cost us the match and a place at the world cup.:evil:

I don't think any Irishman will be supporting France at the world cup.

Anybody who is wondering what we are talking about see it here. YouTube

Nah, Didier Drogba and Cristiano Ronaldo have never played for Liverpool.xTheExploited

England, world cup match, some guy slaps the ball into the net and the ref says he used his head and not his hand. OMG THANKS

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[QUOTE="xTheExploited"]Nah, Didier Drogba and Cristiano Ronaldo have never played for Liverpool.supa_badman

Well the refs just won the Calgary Hitmen the series over my Brandon Wheat Kings. But thats in the WHL but that still sucks

On my intramural team the ref definitely felt like he didn't want to be there. Was hardly paying attention to what was going on and missed a bunch of stuff.