Barcelona president Joan Laporta has blasted the usual of refereeing throughout Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Getafe, describing the choice to not award a late penalty for his aspect as a “scandal”.
Barca had been incensed when match official Pablo Gonzalez Fuertes and VAR Francisco Jose Hernandez Maeso didn’t award a spot-kick after Christantus Uche appeared to pull Jules Kounde to the ground with eight minutes to go.
France defender Kounde had earlier opened the scoring for Barca however Mauro Arambarri’s leveller meant Hansi Flick’s males had been denied a vital win.
Talking this morning, Laporta didn’t maintain again when requested for his evaluation. He mentioned: “The refereeing in Getafe was a shame. Not calling that penalty on Koundé is a scandal. A correct scandal.”
💥 “El ARBITRAJE en GETAFE fue una VERGÜENZA”.
🔥 Brutal ‘RAJADA’ de LAPORTA por el penalti no pitado a Koundé.
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— El Chiringuito TV (@elchiringuitotv) January 20, 2025
Madrid lengthen hole between Clasico rivals
Actual Madrid’s 4-1 win over Las Palmas yesterday means Barca are third within the Liga desk, seven factors behind the European champions and 5 adrift of Atletico Madrid.
Accusations of bias in Spain should not unusual, notably from Barcelona given Madrid’s conventional position as capital and the bottom of energy within the nation.
After the sport, Flick targeted extra on the title race and insisted there was nonetheless time for his staff to catch up.
The German mentioned: “Successful the league is essentially the most tough factor. However it’s not over but, there are nonetheless some video games to play. We’ll combat till the top. Right this moment we bought an additional level, however we dropped two factors. Nonetheless, we’ve got to look ahead and do higher subsequent time.”
Barca’s poor league run continues
Barcelona thrashed Actual Madrid 5-2 within the Spanish Tremendous Cup closing final weekend however have received simply certainly one of their final eight league video games, their worst run in 17 years.
Flick added: “I’m not apprehensive. I’m conscious of the scenario, I do know that we’ve dropped loads of factors within the final video games, that’s not what we wish, and we are able to do a lot better. However in the long run, you possibly can see that we’ve began the season rather well, on this new 12 months, and I’m glad about that.”