There is one astonishing moment when Barcelona meet Manchester City. At the end of the game, Erling Haaland did a dive which led to a Citizens penalty. Whoops!
Barcelona meet Manchester City at Camp Nou, Thursday (25/8/2022) early in the morning, in a charity match to combat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which can cause paralysis.
Former assistant coach Barcelona Juan Carlos Unzue became one of the sufferers since two years ago. The match was filled with 91,062 spectators alias fullhouse.
Both teams fielded their best players so that they exchanged goals since the first half. Manchester City Julian Alvarez took the lead in the 22nd minute, before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang equalized in the 29th minute.
Frenkie de Jong made it 2-1 for Barcelona in the 66th minute before Cole Palmer equalized again in the 70th minute. Memphis Depay brought Barcelona ahead again 3-2.
The match seemed to be won by Barcelona before Riyad Mahrez’s penalty in the 99th minute ensured the score was 3-3. Unfortunately, the penalty in the charity match was controversial.
Haaland gets a through ball in the penalty box Barcelona and try to run away from the pursuit of Andreas Christensen. Suddenly Haaland fell as he tried to reach the ball.
Penalty or not?????#TeamALS #ManCity #barcamancitypic.twitter.com/hTYV8d6rvN
— FootTheBall FC (@FootTheBallFC) August 24, 2022
The referee automatically judged Christensen to violate Haaland and pointed to the spot. Suddenly incident Erling Haaland The fall made him ridiculed in the mass media.
Moreover, Haaland briefly glanced back before dropping down about three seconds later.
Twitter mengecam diving Erling Haaland (Screenshot) |
“How could it be a penalty? Haaland should have won the gold medal for his diving,” said one fan on Twitter.
“Haaland’s diving is really ridiculous,” said another fan.
“What the hell Haaland, the most embarrassing dive I’ve ever seen.”
Haaland Oh Haaland…
(mrp/nds)
