European Football: Technology fails, Messi more equal, five other talking points last week

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European Football: Technology fails, Messi more equal, five other talking points last week
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European football is back and in full steam. Where so many things have stayed the same, there are new scripts being written. We take a trip across the various leagues in session looking for the novel and interesting things that happened last week.

Nigeria international Oghenekaro Etebo played in the third match after the La Liga restart and registered his first goal for Getafe, the team he joined in the January transfer window from Championship side, Stoke City. The 24-year-old midfielder made his second start and swept home from close range to give his

-chasing team the lead. But Eibar fought back to earn a point. Getafe have only taken two points from the three matches and have slipped to fifth in the league standings with eight matches left in the 2019/20 season.Lionel Messi has the freedom to do whatever he wants with the ball at his feet but when he puts his hands up to shove an opponent, football law demands action.

The ball was so far over the line, it should have been given without the help of goal-line technology but since that part of the game handed that responsibility to technology, referees and assistant referees have become–let’s just say lazier.

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