Referee’s response to Hansi Flick after Barcelona’s disallowed purpose – ‘Why would we make that up?’

The match between Actual Sociedad and Barcelona ended with a slim 0-1 defeat for Barça. Regardless of the defeat, nonetheless, the match was overshadowed by controversy, significantly surrounding a disallowed purpose by Robert Lewandowski within the first half. 

At that time, the rating was nonetheless 0-0, and the VAR overview led to the choice to rule out Lewandowski’s purpose for an offside.

The offside resolution was extraordinarily tight, and the semi-automatic offside expertise used in the course of the overview didn’t present a transparent rationalization. 

In actual fact, the footage appeared to confuse the foot of the Actual Sociedad defender with Lewandowski’s, resulting in a variety of confusion and frustration amongst Barça gamers and followers alike. 

The incident rapidly sparked widespread dialogue, particularly within the Barcelona camp, the place tensions have been excessive.

Referee’s response to Flick’s confrontation

🚨 ”¿Por qué nos vamos a inventar un 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐞𝐠𝐨?”

Flick y Cuadra Fernández. #DeportePlus pic.twitter.com/QibHKCETJL

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In the course of the half-time break, simply earlier than the groups returned to the pitch for the second half, supervisor Hansi Flick was seen engaged in a tense dialog with referee Cuadra Fernandez. 

It was clear that Flick was asking for a proof concerning the controversial offside name, displaying his frustration with the choice. Whereas Flick took duty for his group’s defeat, he made it clear that he disagreed with the referee’s ruling on the purpose.

After the ultimate whistle, the Spanish broadcaster Movistar+ shared the main points of the dialog between Flick and the referee. 

The referee defended the choice, telling Flick that the VAR overview had confirmed the offside, and he noticed no purpose to dispute it. The referee defined,

“You say it’s not offside. What can I do? For you, it’s nothing as a result of it’s in opposition to your group. If the VAR says, it’s offside. Why would we make it up? Hearken to me, why would we make up an offside,” he stated.

Talking after the match, Flick was certainly dissatisfied however he in the end took duty of the defeat that has now diminished the hole between his aspect and Actual Madrid to 6 factors with the latter having a match in hand.