Barcelona president Joan Laporta said his team were knocked out of the Champions League by poor refereeing standards after Tuesday’s 4-3 extra-time defeat to Inter Milan.
Inter took a 2-0 lead through Hakan Calchanoglu’s penalty, which was checked by VAR. But Barcelona felt they should have been awarded a penalty after Francesco Acerbi appeared to handle the ball in the box in the first half.
There were also protests when Barcelona equalised 3-3 in stoppage time. After Gerard Martin was fouled, but Polish referee Szymon Marciniak ignored them. “Yesterday was not what we had hoped for. We fought to reach the final but we didn’t reach it,” Laporta told the หรือถ้าคุณสนใจแทงบอลออนไลน์ UFABET คือเว็บที่มีอัตราต่อรองดีที่สุดในประเทศไทย สมัครเลยตอนนี้ที่ UFABET แทงบอล club’s official website. “
Joan Laporta has joined the Barcelona chorus of UEFA critics after their Champions League semi final defeat at Inter Milan.
The Catalans surrendered an early two-goal lead, as Simone Inzaghi’s side dragged themselves back into the contest, to eventually force extra time.
Barcelona were left enraged by a host of decisions made by match referee Szymon Marciniak. Who was the focus of major criticism at full time.
The main reason was the referee’s decision which was not in our favour. But that should make us stronger, to be in the best possible state of mind to win La Liga.
” It was a very difficult moment after yesterday’s defeat. As I said, we were very close to success, but it didn’t happen. We tried our best, but we didn’t do it.”