Susanna and Graham discuss the fall out of Chelsea's second leg UWCL loss to Barcelona and discuss why referees have got it so wrong this year as the WSL season climax approaches.
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00:00 and I just felt like the whole chat afterwards was a referee's performance.
00:04 Referees make mistakes, everyone's human, of course they are,
00:08 but I just think the magnitude of the decisions that she made,
00:13 and I know obviously you felt it was a penalty, I really, really don't,
00:16 and I definitely don't feel, and something we both agree on,
00:20 that that was a second yellow card.
00:22 Whether you think it's a foul or not, OK,
00:24 I'll accept if you have a different opinion on that,
00:27 and everyone's got their own opinion on football.
00:30 But for me, you can't really be sent off for the two decisions,
00:34 the two tackles that she made in the entire game.
00:37 It's just ruining a good game,
00:38 but it's not a WSL thing or a Women's Champions League thing.
00:42 This season, I think, there's a million times
00:44 I've went on men's football podcasts,
00:46 I've gone on women's football podcasts at every single level,
00:50 and I feel like I've spoken more about referees than ever this year.
00:56 This week on the Women's Super League show,
00:58 we are joined by Graham Thorpe,
01:00 who dishes out more of his infamous predictions.
01:03 We discuss the Champions League action
01:05 in which Chelsea lost 2-0
01:07 and all those controversial refereeing decisions,
01:10 as well as the upcoming FA Cup action this weekend.
01:15 Please head to www.shottv.com
01:18 to catch up on all the latest episodes,
01:20 or you can catch the new episode
01:22 when it comes out on Freeview channel 276, Tuesdays at 10pm.
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01:28 (upbeat music)