Barça is going to opt for the diplomatic route to try not to repeat the serious refereeing errors that it suffered both in Milan on Tuesday and on September 13 in Munich. The Blaugrana board considered presenting a formal protest to UEFA to express their outrage at the penalty not awarded to Inter by Dumfries. However, he does not want to give an image of victimhood or get in worse tune with the governing body of European football. But the fact that he does not bet on a more strident and resounding measure does not mean that he is going to sit idly by. As this newspaper learned, the Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, plans to telephone the UEFA president, Aleksander Ceferin, to express the club's disagreement with the refereeing performance of the Slovenian Slavko Vincic and especially with the role played by the person in charge of VAR , the Dutchman Pol van Boekel, the same one who in Munich did not consider that the referee should review a clear penalty from Davies to Dembélé. Barcelona prefers to act more discreetly behind the scenes than not to generate a noise that can be turned against them with a boomerang effect. Barça considers Van Boekel's behavior incomprehensible. He understands that the referee could not see Dumfries' hand, which prevented Ansu Fati's shot, but not that the Dutchman did not demand the presence of the referee before the monitor.
Vincic commented to several members of the Blaugrana staff inside the Giuseppe Meazza that he had not gone to see the images of that action because Van Boekel had told him through his earpiece that it was not necessary and that there was no room for doubt. Van Boekel has other controversies in his history, such as the foul that PSG claimed from Benzema on goalkeeper Donnarumma at the Bernabeu in the last edition of the Champions League. From Barcelona it is also considered very strange that UEFA decided to appoint as responsible for the VAR the same person who had generated controversy in the Allianz Arena match.
It is known that relations between Barça and UEFA are not going through a sweet moment because the Blaugrana club supports the Superliga project. But the bridges are not completely broken either and Laporta maintains an open line of communication with Ceferin. Without a great complicity it is true but with an institutional tone. Barcelona's position is more open to UEFA than Madrid's and the club hopes that this will give them good results when it comes to not being harmed on more occasions this season.
However, the fact of having suffered controversial arbitrations will not make Barça get off the Super League train. The dispute with UEFA is currently following its course in court. A first resolution is expected in December and a final judgment for the month of March. From Barça it is believed that justice will end up allowing the creation of the Super League and knocking down UEFA's claims.
