Very high temperature in the house barcelona after the defeat against Inter. Bitter night of champions for the Blaugrana knocked out by a goal from Calhanoglu, for a very heavy result considering the difficulty of the group. More than the result that irritated the Catalans was the refereeing, with several episodes that generated endless controversy. Big words circulated in the Iberian press and in the television studios: many defined what happened at Meazza as a “scandal”, with Barcelona feeling penalized by the decisions of the referee and his collaborators in Var.
On the other hand, already Mr. Xavi, who on the field was carried away by the brazen gesture of money, later upped the dose at the press conference. The former midfielder is unable to reassure himself due to the missed penalty in Dumfries’ handball: “I’m upset and outraged what we have experienced. There is no other word but outrage. It’s an injustice. I already said yesterday that the referees must explain themselves. For me the hand is very clear. The referee must give explanations. His decisions were decisive.”
In particular, the coach did not understand the unequal treatment in disallowing a goal for an Ansu hand touch, and in not awarding the penalty afterwards for Dumfries’s other hand touch certified by images that may never have been made available in Var’s room. . Words also supported by Spanish newspapers, firstly Mundo Deportivo which presented the contested episodes with a provocative title “Hands up“.
Even the Barcelona defender Eric Garcia expressed his concerns about Slavko Vincic’s decisions: “The hand I saw is Dumfries’s, which is very clear. It bothers us because we thought there was a goal (the disallowed one, ed) and there was a penalty. The referee told me he wasn’t sure about Dumfries’ hand. I told them to go see her, but they weren’t sure”. On the other hand, Var referee Pol van Boekel was also charged. Only after the final whistle in the Barcelona dressing room did they realize that the Dutchman was also involved in Var in the defeat to Bayern when there was another disputed episode. Precisely for this reason, an official complaint was made to UEFA.
Suffice it to say that in “El Chiringuito TV”, the well-known landlord Pedrerol spoke in no uncertain terms about “one of the most outrageous fouls in football history“. And many also on social media have referred to one image in particular, related to what happened immediately after the episode of the Dumfries discord. The protagonist Simone Inzaghi petrified on the bench, during the referee’s check with the var. A’ worried expression. , which was interpreted as an implicit admission of conscience by someone who knew their player had made a mistake.
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