After the fifth defeat in a row, Espanyol showed their "dissatisfaction and concern with the refereeing actions received throughout the season and especially, with the disparity of VAR criteria." The statement from the parakeet entity arises as a result of the penalty awarded against him in Girona and for Braithwaite's disallowed goal against Athletic due to a previous handball from Joselu, a decision that they call “implausible”.
The club ensures that the striker is "clearly grabbed" by Vivian before the ball "hits the hand" of the Galician involuntarily. He also regrets that Munuera Montero did not show the second yellow card to Dani García "in the 42nd minute, when he cut, without any option to challenge for the ball, a counterattack."
Espanyol, who also remembers other matches where they felt harmed, does not want to make "excuses" but cannot "continue impassive in the face of a situation of objective harm and disparate criteria in the use of technology and in the application of the regulations."
For his part, Luis García did not want to "lose a gram of energy" talking about referees. "It's an action of the game, a struggle," said the Asturian hand in hand, who lived the game in a hyperactive way, always outside the technical area, and applauded a dedicated crowd.
"We have to say enough is enough," explained Joan Capdevila, a member of Espanyol's institutional relations department. "Today has already been incredible, the straw that breaks the camel's back. A player who is being grabbed harms us in Braithwaite's goal. They have forgiven the expulsion of an Athletic player (Dani García) and De Marcos has been forgiven up to three times the expulsion," he added.
Capdevila also had an impact on a "lack of judgment" of the VAR that "always goes against" Espanyol. "The refereeing has been scandalous, I don't know how Athletic has ended up with eleven players. Either the criteria is the same for everyone or until the end it will be a constant war. We ask that they respect us," he concluded.
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