“It was a robbed match” – Raphinha fumes over Barcelona exit to Atletico Madrid
“It was a robbed match” – Raphinha fumes over Barcelona exit to Atletico Madrid Barcelona star Raphinha did not take his side’s exit from the Champions League lying down. Atletico Madrid ran out 3-2 winners on aggregate against the Catalan giants, after a 2-1 loss at the Metropolitano that was sufficient to take them through to the semi-finals. Raphinha, who did not feature in the tie due to injury , had traveled to Madrid to support his teammates.
He made headlines after the match after complaints about the refereeing as quoted by MD . “It’s a stolen match. It was tough, especially when you see that you have to make three triple the effort to win the game.
Making a mistake is human, but for it to happen again in the second leg? We’ve played very well, but this tie has been stolen from us. ” Atletico Madrid finished match without a yellow card The Blaugrana felt on numerous occasions that they were not given the fouls merited, and that their opponents were not punished when they were.
Raphinha pointed to the fact that Atletico did not pick up a booking in the second leg, calling it ‘fear’ from the officials. “The refereeing has been terrible; it’s unbelievable the decisions he’s made. Atletico committed countless fouls, and the referee didn’t even show them a yellow card.
I really want to understand his fear that Barca might get through to the next round. ” Frenkie de Jong: ‘In the first leg, the referee was decisive’ Raphinha was not alone in his complaints, with Frenkie de Jong commenting after the match that it was in the first leg the officiating was key. “Luck has not been on our side.