Since the start of the season, the refereeing question has been at the heart of debates in the Spanish Championship. Many clubs believe that the right decisions are not always made and that the call for VAR would sometimes be random. But among the Spanish teams, FC Barcelona is very virulent on this subject and did not hesitate to point the finger at its rival Real Madrid. The Blaugranas do not hesitate to accuse the Merengue club of destabilizing the referees before each meeting.
And the meeting against Alavés will not help anything. If FC Barcelona carried out a good operation in the ranking by winning (3-1) and coming back to six points behind Girona, the expulsion of Vitor Roque (18 years old). Scorer in the second half, the young Brazilian was then sent off for a second yellow card received after slight contact with Rafa Marin. An expulsion “for recklessly kicking an opponent’s leg”according to the referee of the match, Mr. Martínez Munuera.
Xavi Hernández cries scandal
Present at a press conference, Xavi Hernández, the Catalan coach, announced that he was going to appeal after this decision, he who was furious on his bench at the time of the expulsion of his scorer. “We are going to appeal Vitor Roque’s second yellow card, it is clear that it is a mistake, another mistake… his expulsion is very unfair. There are a lot of refereeing errors against us, it’s not a problem to say it, it’s an observation”he first explained.
“I just ask that we be allowed to be competitive. I’m not going to talk about the referees anymore, but this is another obvious mistake. I think we are paying for the Negreira case. It’s the truth. Vitor Roque is a scorer, he has good composure, he gives us depth, he was very good”, added the Catalan technician. Before Barça’s appeal is heard by La Liga, Vitor Roque is, for the moment, suspended for the Granada reception.
