Barcelona suffered an unfair arbitration in Milan to prevent it from scoring in the Meazza, which complicates its qualification to the knockout stages of the Champions League. After the match, Xavi Hernandez spoke up and complained bitterly about the refereeing received. There was talk of a formal complaint to UEFA, but the club ultimately did not. Since then, no one has talked about it
During today’s meeting, Joan Laporta gave his opinion on the matter. Much was missed by the president’s words before what happened with Inter. “It was a shame. It was something so obvious and scandalous… that the referee hadn’t seen him yet, but the VAR didn’t make him look at him again which is incomprehensible. UEFA has to look at these things in”
A factor in this refereeing was that the person in charge of the VAR was actually the same as in the match against Bayern Munich. Laporta emphasized this aspect. “The person in charge of the room was already in the match against Bayern and there were already complaints at the time about a clear penalty for Dembele”
The president also complained about another play in the Milan match, in addition to the hands that initially led to a goal disallowed for Barcelona and then a pro penalty: “It was these two hands, but there was also a very clear penalty kick. On Lewandowski to make a down payment a few days ago in Spain, someone whistled in a traced play”
