Barcelona forward hits out at referee over blunder vs Atletico Madrid – ‘It’s clear to me, it’s a penalty’
Barcelona forward hits out at referee over blunder vs Atletico Madrid – ‘It’s clear to me, it’s a penalty’ FC Barcelona fell to a 0-2 defeat against Atletico Madrid at the Spotify Camp Nou on Tuesday night in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. A first-half red card to Pau Cubarsi left the Catalans at a disadvantage, and they were not helped by some controversial officiating by referee Istvan Kovacs. One of the most contentious moments of the game came when Atletico Madrid’s Marc Pubill handled the ball inside his own box to restart play after goalkeeper Juan Musso had already started the play by passing it to him.
To everyone’s surprise, the referee did not call for a handball, and the VAR did not intervene either. It caused a lot of anger and frustration for Barcelona, who are considering filing an official complaint with UEFA over the incident . After all, the correct call could have resulted in both a penalty for Barça and a second yellow card for Pubill.
Marcus Rashford lashes out And, speaking to the media after the game, on-loan Barcelona forward Marcus Rashford lashed out at the questionable refereeing, expressing his anger at Kovacs for not awarding what he felt was a ‘clear penalty’. The Englishman referred to a similar incident in a match between Club Brugge and Aston Villa, when defender Tyrone Mings handled the ball after a pass from Emiliano Martinez. “It’s clear to me: it’s a penalty.
It’s happened before and it’s always been given. I don’t understand the decision,” Rashford told CBS Sports Golazo (h/t SPORT ). Rashford dismissed the idea that the situation was unusual, saying: “People talk about common sense, but common sense itself tells you it’s a penalty.
Our reaction reflects that, but so does that of their own players. That counts too. “I’ve been in similar situations in matches where the decision was a penalty.