Barcelona took the lead in the 23rd minute of the match against Seville with a goal from Lewandowski after a penalty which was not the case and From Burgos Bengoechea He didn’t hesitate to whistle. Raphinha fell to the ground inside the area after crossing Little on his way, in a contact that was not enough to call the maximum penalty. The referee whistled, the VAR did not intervene and the scandal took place in the Montjuic Olympic.
Ricardo De Burgos Bengoechea He awarded a penalty to Barcelona before the first half hour of play and decided the match in favor of those of Hansi Flick. The Barça team was very thick, it was difficult for them to break through the defensive wall of Sevilleand a referee’s gift paved the way for him.
Raphinha fell to the ground and From Burgoscrazy about music, whistled the maximum sentence. Little had passed by him, but there was no contact. It wasn’t enough. Neither with the legs, nor with the arms. There was nothing. The VAR, mysteriously, did not appear. Lewandowski He threw it and made it 1-0, which was the beginning of the end for him. Seville.
Before the penalty awarded, Sevilla defended very well against a very slow and clueless Barcelona. But the refereeing scandal changed everything. The Sevilla team collapsed and the culé team scored two more goals before the break.
Carlos Martínez contradicts himself
The narrator of the match on Movistar+, Carlos Martínez, 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.
