The officials always seem to be part of the story in these big moments though, because every time something crazy happens people start arguing about whether the game was allowed to flow or whether someone got away with something and it just kills the vibe, and in a match like this you can already see the usual nonsense where one side will say the ref let everything go and the other side will say he ruined it, and honestly it is exhausting because fans just want to talk about the football and instead we end up with endless moaning about decisions, added time, soft fouls, cards that should have been given, cards that should not have been given, and the whole thing turns into a mess before anyone can even enjoy the actual performance
