After Barça qualified for the Spanish Super Cup final on Thursday, Osasuna players and managers complained about the refereeing.
Thursday, the FC Barcelona managed to get rid of the trap set by Osasuna to join the real Madrid in the final of the Spanish Super Cup, which will take place on Sunday. Thanks to the achievements of Robert Lewandowski and Lamine Yamal, the Catalan club will have the opportunity to win its first trophy of the year 2024, enough to give a little light to a hitherto dull season.
A decision that goes wrong
But for Osasuna, who was the “little thumb” of the competition, this defeat leaves a bitter taste. On the one hand, because Jagoba Arrasate’s men showed a convincing face and were able to worry their opponent, but also because they consider having been victims of a big refereeing error on the first Barcelona goal . A foul by Andreas Christensen at the start of the action could indeed have been whistled, but after consulting the VAR, referee Alejandro Muniz Ruiz decided to award the goal.
A decision which had the gift of enraging the Pamplona club. “We all saw it. The number of fouls that are called like that, and in the first half, they were all called in favor of Barça”, railed Captain David Garcia. Same story for goalkeeper Sergio Herrera, who believes that Real and Barça have an advantage in this competition. “The Super Cup is made for Madrid and Barça to play”he assured.
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Barça 2-0 Osasuna
Spanish Super Cup semifinal⚽ Robert Lewandowski
🅰️ İlkay Gündoğan⚽️ Lamine Yamal
🅰️ João Félix pic.twitter.com/9TuZOaSqZK— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 11, 2024
For his part, the general director of the club Fran Canal remembered with bitterness the last confrontation between the two clubs (Barcelona victory, 2-1) in September, during which a similar foul was called in favor of Barça . “There is a more scandalous problem, which is that in our first league clash against Barca, the match was decided by a slight contact like this, a penalty was awarded and Catena was sent off. If the budget is already multiplied by five, if the arbitration is favorable for the other team, it is impossible”, he said. Whatever happens, Xavi’s men will compete in the final against the Madrid rival on Sunday.
