"When you go to roulette and the number 36 always comes up, someone is cheating." The phrase, which never ceases to lose validity, is from the former president of Barça, Josep Lluís Núñez. The builder verbalized it in relation to the alleged refereeing favors towards Real Madrid. Many years later, the truth is that at the Bernabéu, when in doubt, the referees usually opt for the toast to fall on the white side. Xavi's Barça could see this firsthand yesterday. admit of interpretation, those that are on the windowsill ended up in favor of the interests of Real Madrid to the despair of the Blaugrana coach, who already has little trouble losing his temper on the wing.
They put him to the test very early. After a quarter of an hour and with Barcelona in control on the scoreboard, the old fox Lucas Vázquez entered the area to seek contact with the leg of the pubescent Cubarsí. Just sensing that they could touch him, the Madrid full-back collapsed in the area. Penalty and tie without Sánchez Martínez urging the referee, Soto Grado, to go to the monitor. Meanwhile, Xavi made gestures of swimming and demanding the help of television technology.
The controversy did not end there. On the stroke of half an hour Lamine Yamal took a corner with his spur and Lunin deflected the ball into the goal with his body. Goal? There is some image in which you can think that the ball clearly passed the goal line in its entirety. The referee did not decide to give it and the VAR understood that there was no conclusive image.
Nor was Soto Grado asked to go see him. This entire debate would have ended if the Spanish League had goal technology, as is the case in England, Germany, Italy and the major national team championships. But LaLiga considers that it is a very expensive technology. Its president, Javier Tebas, lacked time to post news related to alleged errors in Hawk's Eye on Twitter. Be that as it may, in a match of global reach it was clear that in Spanish football there is a lack of means to resolve these actions.
Two plays of interpretation and two plays opposite to Barça. Curiously, one could also think that a foul by Camavinga against Lamine Yamal, which resulted in a yellow card, could have been a red card. And then Lucas Vázquez was clearly forgiven for a tackle that ended without a warning. Just as a clash between Fermín and Rüdiger in the area was nothing to the referee. The defender ended up without a card.
“They sell the League product and what we have is this, an absolute shame,” said Xavi after the first day of the League, in Getafe, when Soto Grado, the referee of the classic, sent off Raphinha and the coach and did not call a clear penalty. to Araújo for alleged previous hands of Gavi. With this referee, Barcelona has only won two league games out of a total of nine.
Although Madrid was not at all harmed in the stands, the usual “corruption in the Federation” was chanted. What we have to listen. Madrid is now heading unopposed towards its 36th League. Yes, the number that always comes up.
