Raphinha He fell inside the area when he felt Peque’s presence behind him and a controversy broke out. As always, the point of view depends on the sides. Barca’s bench saw the offense, while Sevilla’s bench exploded once the replay was viewed.
Garcia Pimienta He did not believe in what had been refereed by De Burgos Bengoechea. He waved his hand in disagreement. Carlos Martínez, narrator of the match on Movistar+, clearly saw a very dark penalty. “Peque’s penalty against Raphinha is indisputable. It comes and overwhelms him. “The Sevilla player is very uncontrolled and takes over.”
However, five seconds before posting his review, he didn’t even know how it happened. “But has the penalty been increased or decreased?” The penalty game was decisive in the development of the confrontation. Until this happened, the match was contested and both teams had alternatives in the rival area.
Since then, Barça have eased the pressure and, four minutes later, Pedri scored the second goal and Lewandowski the third shortly after. The difficulty of opening the box, through a controversial penalty to say the least, freed Flick’s men who sealed the match before the break.
Sevilla stops Barça
The controversy translates into the prologue of the Clásico against Real Madrid the next day and occurs in the context of a tense climate between the leaders of Barça and Sevilla. The Sevilla management, led by José Castro, Del Nido Carrasco and Víctor Orta, attended the match in the stadium stands alongside the Sevilla fans, like last season.
“Seville shows its total indignation and rejection of the practices carried out by the former leaders of FC Barcelona accused in the Negreira affair, practices which would constitute an offense for the Court of Instruction number 1 of Barcelona, according to the order published in the media . For this reason, Sevilla FC has suspended the protocol acts corresponding to the championship match this Friday, September 29 between the Barça club and Sevilla FC, and announces the absence of representation in the box of the Montjuic stadium”, announced the Sevillian club last season This year, without declaration, the situation is the same.
