Frenkie de Jong and Eric Garcia criticise decisions after Barcelona’s 4-0 Atletico defeat | OneFootball

Frenkie de Jong and Eric Garcia criticised the officiating after Barcelona’s 4-0 loss to Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final. An eight-minute VAR check ruled out a Pau Cubarsi goal for offside.

It was also a bleak night for Garcia, who scored an own goal and was then sent off.

“I saw the image later and it’s clear there was no offside. The image shown on television as the offside call doesn’t show any contact with the ball, and then you see the image where Fermín shoots and the defender is a meter behind Robert. I think it’s very strange.” He told Sporty TV.

“He (the referee) can’t do much, because he’s also waiting. He doesn’t have the image or the video. But VAR does. The image I saw, if it’s not AI, which you don’t realise anymore… If this is the photo, it’s a scandal because it’s very clear.”

“I think it’s a disgrace that the game was stopped for six minutes to decide whether or not it was offside when they have the automatic referee. An offside that you can’t even see.” He told MD.

“We’ve already made things difficult for ourselves, and then we add this. We know who we’re playing against, and we have to keep going.”

“The challenge from Giuliano on Balde is a very clear red card. Then my red I slip, but he also hits me. It seems it’s very easy to give things against us.”

Source: Football Espana