🤬 Barça furious with the refereeing: we'll appeal, we want answers | OneFootball

Joan Laporta called the refereeing in Atlético Madrid-Barcelona a “disgrace,” after it led to the blaugrana's elimination in the Champions League quarter-finals.

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The Barça president appeared visibly angry about what happened, and confirmed it today on the sidelines of an event he was attending.

🤬 “It’s unacceptable”

“I want to congratulate Atlético on reaching the semi-finals, but that does not change the fact that yesterday’s refereeing, both from Turpin and the VAR, was a disgrace. What they did to us is intolerable. Even in the first leg they didn’t give us a clear penalty, and on top of that they sent off one of our players when it should only have been a yellow card, because Giuliano did not have control of the ball. The referee had made the correct call, but the VAR made him change it and give a red card that hurt us badly.”

He then gave his analysis of last night: "The refereeing decisions hurt us a lot, and the same thing happened in the second leg. Koundé could clearly have reached the ball, Eric was not the last man. The referee had shown a yellow card and the VAR made him change it again. Ferran’s goal was valid, the foul on Olmo was a penalty, and the assault on Fermín is intolerable. They split his lip open. No card. It’s unacceptable. We will file a complaint and ask for further explanations.”

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📸 JAVIER SORIANO - AFP or licensors