Quote Originally Posted by Charlie View Post

To be fair, you can accept that some decisions are hard to call for referees - often what looks like a foul in real time turns out to be a great tackle with a second look. On that basis you can understand the ref getting the red card wrong if he sees it as a foul.

However the lack of cards for Casemiro and the failure to see an obvious offside points to preferential treatment for Madrid. The only positive is that the spotlight will be firmly on tonight's Barca game and you can bet that the referee will be doing his utmost not to attract any more unwanted attention.