to the world decided to hold the cards in the first half as a way of managing the game and the second part showed that it was the right decision. Only at the end, with the expulsion of De Jong, did he decide to resort to the warnings.
These were the most controversial plays of the match in Jeddah:
Minute 21: Racing stomp on Lamine Yamal who had already released the ball. Incomprehensibly, the referee does not show a light yellow to the white footballer. Clear mistake.
Minute 35: Reckless tackle by Balde on Asencio, hitting him on the thigh with his foot. The referee signals the foul, but does not show the card to the Barcelona player in another wrong decision.
Rest: Both teams complain about conceding a goal outside of added time. In both cases the referee has maintained the same criterion: adding the time of the celebration of Vinicius’ goal, and that of Lewandowski. Therefore, there is nothing to object to this decision, since it is the correct one.
Minute 52: Bellingham’s foul on De Jong on the edge of the area. He sanctions it correctly, but does not show the Madrid player a yellow card for cutting off a promising attack.
Minute 56: Asencio cuts off a Barcelona attack by knocking down Pedri. The lack is orange. The referee shows him yellow. It could be because even though he arrives late there is no excessive force, even though he is very close to the limit.
Minute 81: Yellow card for Carreras for cutting off a promising attack by grabbing Lamine. The referee is right.
Minute 86: Now for the same reason the yellow goes to Pedri for a grab on Rodrygo.
Minute 90: Red that they show De Jong for a tackle with the heels at the height of the tibia, almost knee, on Mbappe. There is impact and therefore serious rough play. The sanction will be served from the next official competition match, regardless of the number of punishment matches.
