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Originally posted by Janitor:
How did I miss out on this Barca ref-paying scandal?

https://www.espn.com/soccer/barcelona-espbarcelona/story/4895807/barcelona-face-corruption-charges-over-referee-payments-scandal

https://www.espn.com/soccer/spanish-laliga/story/4886206/spain-var-official-alleges-fraudfiles-lawsuit-in-referee-scandal-reports

I saw it a few weeks ago. Not sure what to make of it. Investigation will be interesting. If they were paying refs to influence games - Barca deserves their s**t to be pushed in.

Mar 11, 2023 at 11:51 AM

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Originally posted by NineFourNiner:
Wrexham with a 4 point lead with (I think) ten to play. It's a two team race for promotion and Notts County has been faltering of late.

*nine to play.

Mar 18, 2023 at 11:24 AM

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Why does Wrexham's fixtures list show 8 games remaining (https://www.espn.com/soccer/team/fixtures/_/id/352/eng.wrexham) while Notts', who are listed as only playing one more match, fixtures list shows only 6 games (https://www.espn.com/soccer/team/fixtures/_/id/340/eng.notts_county)?

How many games are in the season in the English National League and Why TF is is so hard to find straight answers?

Mar 20, 2023 at 10:20 AM

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🗣️ Miquel Blázquez: "For many, VAR is ruining football because after so many years of injustice, illegal goals for Real Madrid are now canceled after they were initially counted." pic.twitter.com/AerATcjGBa
— Barça Worldwide (@BarcaWorldwide) March 19, 2023

This was clear offsides and Madrid is still crying and saying it was a wrong call. They now have to go back to the La Liga President to punish Barca for allegedly paying refs. La Liga President last week openly admitted that he's a Real Madrid super fan. Lol

Mar 21, 2023 at 11:51 PM

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The Spanish Treasury have found no evidence that Barcelona's payments to former referee committee vice president Negreira influenced results, reports @EFEnoticias pic.twitter.com/ivdcM2yThh
— B/R Football (@brfootball) March 21, 2023

Not a bad week for Barcelona.

Mar 23, 2023 at 5:02 PM

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Bayern randomly sack Nagelsmann to bring in Tuchel.

Not a huge Nagelsmann fan, but weird to can him towards the end of the season when you still control your destiny in all 3 competitions...not sure what is going on here.

Mar 27, 2023 at 9:24 AM

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hmm…looks like they're investigating the wrong team in La Liga.

Mar 27, 2023 at 9:27 AM

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Originally posted by Janitor:
Bayern randomly sack Nagelsmann to bring in Tuchel.

Not a huge Nagelsmann fan, but weird to can him towards the end of the season when you still control your destiny in all 3 competitions...not sure what is going on here.

I don't get the firing. Now RM will get Nagelsmann…ugh.

Tuchel is a damn good coach though. Do think it's an upgrade but could have waited till the summer. Tough to change manager during the season.

Apr 3, 2023 at 12:29 PM

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🚨 Emmanuel Petit (French legend): "When I see the whistles against Messi, it's an insult to football. If I have any advice for Messi: get out of this club! PSG is not a football club!" @RMCsport 🗣️🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/MlNgQjTo2J
— All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷 (@AlbicelesteTalk) April 3, 2023

this x 1000000000^10000000000

Apr 5, 2023 at 2:00 PM

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Barca got hammered.

Apr 5, 2023 at 3:41 PM

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Originally posted by 4ML:
Barca got hammered.

They completely fell apart after the second goal.