Barcelona, eliminated from the Champions League, is going to UEFA! The reason has been revealed...
Joan Laporta, the president of Catalan giants Barcelona, harshly criticized the refereeing decisions in their UEFA Champions League quarterfinal match against Atletico Madrid and announced that Barcelona will file a new complaint to UEFA. Here are the details...
Atletico Madrid and Barcelona faced each other in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal match in the rematch of 2-0. Although Barcelona won 2-1 in the match played in Metropolitano, Atletico Madrid was the winner. Barcelona President Joan Laporta criticized the referee's decisions with harsh words.
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'Shameful!'
Laporta said the following: "First of all I want to congratulate Atletico Madrid, but that doesn't change the fact that yesterday's refereeing and VAR decisions were shameful. What was done to us is unacceptable. We were denied a very clear penalty in the first leg and they sent off a player for a yellow card foul because Giuliano couldn't control the ball. The red card hurt us a lot."
'This is unacceptable'
Laporta announced that Barcelona would lodge another complaint with UEFA and concluded: "This was a qualifying round where refereeing decisions hurt us a lot. In the rematch Eric Garcia was not the last man, Kounde was coming. The referee showed a yellow card but changed his decision with VAR intervention. Ferran's goal was valid, the tackle on Olmo was a penalty, the tackle on Fermin was unacceptable because his upper lip was completely split. The boy was in pain while getting stitches and no card was shown. This is unacceptable."
