In La Liga this season, Barcelona is the only team that has not been whistled on penalties. In Barcelona’s 3-1 victory over Villarreal tonight, the Red and Blues escaped two more suspected penalties. In the first and second halves, Pique first handballed in the penalty area, and then Eric Garcia pulled Albiol down while grabbing a position. None of the referees whistled penalties, nor did VAR start. These two penalties, especially Pique’s handball this time, angered Villarreal.
During the intermission, Submarine Chairman Roygo talked about Pique’s handball to reporters: “You said Pique might be handballing? It’s not possible at all. The ball didn’t blow a penalty, which is too incomprehensible. Even if the referee can’t see it clearly, what about the VAR referee? It’s an obvious handball. I don’t know if he deliberately handball, but he blocked the ball’s forward path with his hand. That’s a penalty.”
After the final whistle, Harvey waited to shake hands with Emery, but Emery lost control. “It will always be like this. They sent it to you again, and sent it to you again!” Emery’s remarks triggered tension in the coaching staff of both sides. After entering the player channel, the Barcelona goalkeeper coach and the submarine technical analyst almost fought, and the security personnel had to intervene quickly.
At the press conference after the match, Emery attacked the referee again: “This is not fair, how can this handball not be blown? We are not respected, we are very injured. We need someone to explain to us why the ball was not blown. The ball. And Albiol was also ignored by a penalty kick. If the probability of a penalty kick was 60%, the probability of a penalty kick being blown for this handball is 99%.”
The submarine players were also very angry. “I think it was an obvious penalty. Pique took a handball. I don’t know what we have to do to get a penalty.” Terry Gross stated after the game. Paul Torres was also angry: “The referee said it might be a penalty, but I can see clearly that the ball hit Pique’s arm, not the abdomen or other parts. The referee can watch the VAR for 10 minutes to confirm Barcelona’s goal. Whether it’s offside and gave Barcelona a penalty, but we didn’t get two penalties. We are the only team in La Liga that didn’t get a penalty, and Barcelona has never been a penalty kick!”Return to Sohu to see more
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