FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez believes the referee deprived the club of two penalties on Saturday against Rayo Vallecano.
At the end of the second half, Robert Lewandowski was brought to the ground by Florian Lejeune in the area, while Raphinha was unable to recover a cross after Pacha Espino hooked his foot in the area. An article was published the following day in local media, claiming that refereeing decisions had contributed to Barcelona losing seven points this season.
Xavi was asked if his team would be less tense if they went into matches with a cushion at the top of the table.
“ It is obvious that we would approach the matches more calmly if we were four points ahead of the leader before the Girona match. »
“We weren’t lucky with the refereeing, and that’s no excuse. Later you will say it’s an excuse, but we have to play better, that’s why we didn’t win (Saturday). But the refereeing errors also harmed us. So far we have had no luck.
If the referees could have made errors against FC Barcelona, the report does not mention any of the decisions in favor of the Blaugrana.
Earlier this month, Real Sociedad claimed they should have been awarded a penalty against the Catalan club when the score was 0-0, in a match ultimately won by Barça.
As a reminder, FC Barcelona is the subject of an investigation by the anti-corruption department of the Spanish police
