Expelled from his bench on Sunday evening for Barça’s first in La Liga, Xavi risks being heavily sanctioned.
The recovery for the Spanish champion did not go as planned. On the lawn of Getafe, in the suburbs of Madrid, the Barcelonans had to settle for a goalless draw. A result all the more frustrating that the Catalans have plagued many times in this part against the refereeing body.
Xavi from his bench saw red in the second half, reproaching the referee and the fourth assessor for their passivity on a fault suffered by a Robert Lewandowski spinning alone at the opposing goal. Previously, Raphinha had been expelled logically for a bad gesture. And the match ended in complete confusion, with a penalty denied to the Blaugranas for an alleged handball by Gavi in the area.
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” I don’t see any hands anywhere. If there’s no clear hand, don’t whistle, that’s what they told us. The referee invented the hand. It’s like that “, regretted at the end of the meeting the coach of Barça. This before frankly targeting Mr. Cesar Soto Grado: “ The referee is the whistle, no one else. He let play too much. If we sell the La Liga product and we have that as a result, it doesn’t help anyone… It’s an accumulation of things, he let them play but he whistled against us… It’s normal that people don’t want to watch anymore of football. It wasn’t a game, today’s result is a disgrace! »
On the other side of the Pyrenees, these remarks obviously did not go unnoticed and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) promises to crack down. The body’s integrity department is already studying the case according to the Catalan press; so much so that the coach of the outgoing champions risks four suspension matches. A real handicap at the very start of the season.
