During the week he blamed a heavy home loss and elimination from the Champions League on the referee, on Sunday Barcelona football coach Xavi complained about the referee again when his team lost 2-3 in El Clásico in the Spanish league at Real Madrid.
Xavi mainly complained about Lamin Yamal’s disallowed goal from the first half. The coach of the Catalans claimed that the ball was completely behind the goal line. And this despite the fact that the video referee did not find any conclusive footage…
“I feel a huge injustice, everyone saw it,” however, he stood by his Xavi. Unfortunately, these are the judges’ decisions over which we are powerless, we cannot influence them,” he whispered.
Andreas Christensen gave Barcelona the lead in the match with a header from a corner kick, but Vinícius Júnior soon equalized from the penalty spot.
The controversial moment occurred in the 28th minute after another corner, when the youngster Yamal extended the ball with his foot and the goalkeeper Andrij Lunin intervened only at the last moment.
The Spanish league is the only one of the elite European competitions that does not use goal technology that recognizes the exact position of the ball.
“If we want to be the best league in the world, we have to use the best technology,” appealed the 44-year-old former Barcelona midfielder, who will leave the team after the season.
The Catalans took the lead once again in the second half after a Fermín López strike, but Lucas Vázquez equalized again and Jude Bellingham set up the turnaround.
“We played away against Real Madrid, but we were the better team. We performed well and deserved the three points,” claimed Xavi.
Six rounds before the end of the Spanish league, Barcelona is 11 points behind their arch-rival from second place, so they will most likely end the season without a single trophy.
In the quarter-finals, she was eliminated from the Champions League with Paris St. Germain, after the 1-4 home loss, blamed Xavi on the man with the whistle.
“The referee was very bad. I told him that his performance was disastrous,” he said at the time.
“I don’t like to talk about the referees, but it is necessary to say that this had a definite effect on the whole season,” he added, although he apparently comments on the referees often.
Against PSG, he was angered by the fact that Ronald Araújo received a red card already in the first half. Not even Xavi himself coached the rematch, he was sent off when he angrily kicked the panel surrounding the camera near the center of the field, and proved that he is completely unable to handle matches as a coach. He has already received more red cards as a coach (3) than as a player (2) in a 22-year career.
Barcelona lost all three El Clásicos under his leadership this season. In the fall, Real won the league 2:1 at the rival’s field and outclassed them 4:1 in the Super Cup in Riyadh in January. They were even eliminated from the Spanish Cup in the quarter-finals when they were not good enough for Bilbao.
2024-04-22 10:29:14
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