This should have been an easy game for Sporting, it turned out to be a nightmare. Ok, Sporting is my favorite Portuguese team, so I was expecting a whole lot better from them..That being said, the referee was a disaster, I believe frankly I could do a much better job than what this guy did. The thing that gets me is that these are professionals who make very good money and are no better at refereeing a football game than any ordinary person who knows a little about football.
There were a couple of penalties not given, a lot of fouls not given, yellow cards that were not yellow cards and some that should have been yellow perhaps red not given. In fact I think Sporting's goal is offside, who was in front of Coates when he kicked the ball in? Now the draw was fair, Sporting were better but the goalkeepers gift for the Danish goal should have seen them win. The Sporting goal was a last desperate attempt at getting something out of a lost game. The game was mediocre, but it did have a few good moments.
The Danish team has the advantage now, a 0-0 draw gets them through so they just have to not concede a goal and it is game over for Sporting.