Rayo Vallecano trio refuse to level fingers at referee after Barcelona defeat

Barcelona recorded a large end result at Montjuic on Monday night time as they beat Rayo Vallecano by a slender 1-0 margin to retake the lead on high of the standings.

With Actual Madrid and Atletico Madrid dropping factors on Matchday 24, the Catalans capitalised after they defended the lead given by Robert Lewandowski regardless of the forwards having a relative time off.

Barcelona’s solely objective on the night time got here from a penalty that the Polish striker transformed after Pathe Ciss introduced down Inigo Martinez within the field.

There was, nevertheless, so much stated within the Spanish media about poor officiating as Rayo Vallecano not solely had a really related penalty not awarded but additionally a objective annulled for an offside participant blocking Wojciech Szczesny’s view.

Sporting feedback throughout

As relayed in a latest replace by Mundo Deportivo, no particular person from Rayo Vallecano even remotely complained in regards to the officiating on the night time and took the blame for the defeat on themselves.

Chatting with the media after the sport, their coach Inigo Perez refused to pin any blame on the referees, saying,

“I’ll all the time attempt to keep out of any referee resolution, no matter whether or not it favours us and or penalizes us.” 

“I empathise so much with them and I cannot cross that line, even when I could have my opinion,” he added.

Melero Lopez’s selections not questioned by Rayo Vallecano. (Photograph by Alex Caparros/Getty Photos)

Just like the coach, Rayo Vallecano’s goalkeeper and standout participant Augusto Batalla additionally echoed the identical mindset.

“I don’t like to speak a lot about refereeing and I’m not going to speak. For the sake of respect, all of us do our job and generally it comes out higher or worse,” he famous.

Notably, even Rayo Vallecano’s president Martin Presa refused to remark something in opposition to the referees as he calmly acknowledged that Barcelona deserved to win.

“If Rayo misplaced, it isn’t due to the referees, it’s as a result of we scored one objective lower than Barcelona.”

“I feel the referee’s interpretation is appropriate,” he added on the penalty awarded to Barcelona.

In a day and age the place even elite Spanish golf equipment are making a fuss out of arbitration selections, the stance of Rayo Vallecano as an institute is really inspirational and one thing all golf equipment in Spain should study from.