13 years since...Collina denied Everton's CL-GS dream

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All those saying get real and dont blame collina,lets be real,the goal was disallowed for a non existent foul that would have made it 2-1 to us on the night,and might have took the game to extra time,as there was still 10 or so mins left,so no one has a clue how or what would have gone on, if the goal stood as it should have,if villarreal were the better team overall or not didnt matter as underdogs can win games,it was another game that i moved on from when the next one happened
 
Good God let it go

In fairness, while I hate 'what if' all the time, this moment genuinley could have taken our club in an entirely new direction.

No guarantees, of course, but we'd have been in pole position to win the tie. Honestly, it's a crucial a moment in our history as there has been in the last 15 years.

I remember watching it in a bar in Spain with my dad. Valencia fans all around going mental that it wasn't given. They couldn't believe it. We were watching it with a red ex-pat who owned the bar and he was equally as baffled.
 
Corrupt decision. No doubt about it.

One of my favourite footballing moments was during soccer aid when this bung-taking bod blew his knee off Reffing.

Tremendous. Got a huge cheer in my house :)
 
Not sure if anyone mentioned it but whilst in retirement didn't Colina appear in a KIA advert, who also happened to be Villarreal corporate sponsor @ the time of that match. Which was the reason he was forced to retire again after just that one game?
 
It would have been great to make the group stages.

Bottom line is, though, the club was in stagnation and did nothing to maximise the opportunity of UCL group stage qualification, should we have made it.

I'm very doubtful that it would have been anything other than a one-season wonder. As it was we couldn't even make the UEL Group Stages.
 
Remember it well. I went from loving Collina to absolutely despising the corrupt get in an instant. Not that i am biased or anything and that like. lol
 
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