Not to mention he didn't grab his shirt, he held onto his arm for a second in the center of the park. Its nothing more than a foul.
It was - it was a clear professional foul, attempting to slow down the opposition attack because the situation was starting to look a bit dicey. Rafael knew Ribery was gone away from him and heading into a very dangerous area, and pulled him down. Incredibly stupid thing to do when you're on the yellow, since that kind of thing gets carded pretty much all the time (other than in the A-league, it's one of my pet hates about the officiating here).
When I was watching it live (and not knowing Rafael had already been booked) I thought to myself, 'that has to be a yellow card'.el grapadura2010-04-08 15:35:30