Osasuna manager critical of his team’s disallowed goal vs Barcelona: ‘I don’t understand’ | OneFootball

Barcelona’s win over Osasuna last night was anything but straightforward, especially given how the Catalans were made to suffer until Raphinha scored the opener in the 70th minute.

There was, however, some controversy from the rivals’ camp after the game over a disallowed equaliser for their team that came in a frenzy in the second half.

Coming off a long-range free-kick, Osasuna converted well to level matters up but the goal was disallowed for Alejandro Catena who fell into Joan Garcia’s path and took the goalkeeper down just before his teammate scored.

While it was quite clearly unintentional, the feeling from the Osasuna bench was that Catena himself fell only because of a foul on him and that their side should have merited a penalty at least.

Osasuna manager’s verdict

The goal was disallowed for a foul on Joan Garcia. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Osasuna’s manager Alessio Lisci spoke about the incident in his post-match press conference where he was asked to detail his views on the disallowed goal.

“I would love to see it from other angles, because the TV didn’t show it much,” he began, indicating his unhappiness with the outcome.

He then went on to transmit concerns on how he felt that even his player had been fouled which led to the unintentional foul on Joan Garcia.

“I don’t know this side of the rules well, but I would like to understand it, because [Alejandro] Catena didn’t fall on his own, but fell due to a tangle of legs, and I don’t know if that was from Eric.”

He then expressed how either both the moments should be taken as fouls, or none at all, and how the partial application of rules cost his side a goal.

“If what happened to Catena was unintentional and counts as a foul on the goalkeeper, then the previous tangle was unintentional as well. Or neither of the two moments is a foul.”

“Either both are fouls, and therefore it’s a penalty kick, or neither of them is a foul. That’s what I don’t understand,” he added.

The manager then made it clear that he did not hold the referee accountable but VAR for not reviewing the incident.

“In fact, the referee acted well when he let the play continue. I don’t understand why the video referee didn’t intervene later. Maybe the rules stipulate something different. I’ll ask about it, and maybe they’ll answer me. I don’t know,” he concluded.

Source: AS