2023-11-25 17:08:32
The tie between Rayo and Barça will bring a tail. Not only because of the bad image of the culé team for one more game, but also because of the controversial decisions of the match referee, José Luis Munuera Montero, and the crossed accusations of the protagonists. The Barça players claim that the Unai Lopez’s goal started offsidein addition to a penalty not awarded of Earth Hawthorn on Raphinha.
The first play took place in the 39th minute, when Unai López put Rayo ahead with a very powerful shot from outside the area. In the action immediately prior to the midfielder’s shot, Barça He claimed positional offside from Óscar Valentín. The culé team considered that the local footballer, in an illegal position, had interfered and, consequently, that the target should not go up on the scoreboard. “It happened to us in Getafe, in Granada and today too“, said Xavi just after finishing the match, referring to the goal that was disallowed by Joao Félix in Granada due to positional offside by Ferran Torres in an action less clear than the one this Saturday in Vallecas.
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The president of Rayo Vallecano, Martin Presahas totally disagreed with the statements of Xavi, whom he reproaches for his complaint. “It seems indecent to me that Xavi calls for offside in Unai López’s first goal. It is incredible that offside is called in that action. That’s trying to fool the referee.. Let someone say it who has never played football in his life, but he…” he said in an accusatory tone.
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The other action that has outraged the Barça bench has been a toe that has tipped Pacha Espino to Raphinha inside the area in the addition. The local left back, in fact, did not touch the ball (and did touch the Brazilian’s leg) in his attempted clearance, so the action should have ended in a maximum penalty. Neither the referee nor the VAR (who reviewed the action) considered that it was a punishable action and the match ended with the Barça coaching staff addressing the referee and the fourth official asking for explanations. Sergio Alegre, Barça’s third coach, was even expelled.
“I’ve only spoken to the lineman. He tells me that he thinks it’s a condition, but in the end they give it. For us, yes, it’s a huge condition. If he doesn’t have a player behind him, he can leave it until he passes. They are difficult situations that are coming to our end. There has also been a penalty against Raphinha, which they tell me is, which has also come up tails. But that’s not it, we have to stay with the second half and do self-criticism,” Xavi confessed in the press conference after the match.
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