Barça came out angry about the defeat suffered on the Panathinaikos court that makes the goal of finishing in the top four difficult, although there was great indignation in the group over the refereeing suffered at OAKA.
Although it is true that the team lowered its performance in the second half after dominating with some clarity in the first, consider that the referees, and especially the ‘strong’ Frenchman Difallah, ended up punishing Barça for more than dubious actions. “We have been second almost the entire season but they have no respect for us,” said the captain, Alex Abrines, forcefully.
“The game changes when they call Ataman for a technical, and then they start to inflate us to hell, The refereeing criteria changes and instead of punishing them, they punish us. And I’m not saying that it’s just today’s referees, he’s passing us by every week and something has to change,” the ‘capi’ commented indignantly before taking the plane back.
No respect for Ricky
The Mallorcan gave an example to Ricky Rubio, who is not even respected with the baggage that an entire NBA carries. “They haven’t had any respect for him, I’m not talking about an 18-year-old guy who comes up from Barça B. They haven’t even called him for a foul and they do at the slightest contact.”
“I don’t know why this happens,I would like to think that there is no campaign against Barça. We have let the advantage we had slip away, we have made mistakes but there are things that happen during the games that we are already fed up with, they don’t let us compete and I think it is unfair.”
“Something has to change, it cannot be that the referees make mistakes and go home so calm.” and wash your hands, and next week we’ll call another game and continue getting paid,” concluded an indignant Abrines.
2024-03-23 11:23:19
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