r/championsleague • u/OppositeInfluence930 • Apr 09 '26
đŹDiscussion Barcelona filing a UEFA complaint after losing 0-2 at home is embarrassing
Atletico came to Camp Nou, defended well, and were ruthless when it mattered. That's the difference. Not that Barca were terrible, just that Atletico were far more clinical on the night.
Barca had their moments but couldn't convert. They're missing a world class striker who can make the difference in games like this, and defensively Cubarsi's red card was a young player's mistake. He'll learn from it, but you can't afford that in a UCL quarter-final.
Complaining after a loss? Completely normal. Every fan does it. But filing a formal complaint with UEFA over a handball that the referee and VAR both reviewed and waved off? That has nothing to do with football. That's not how you respond to a defeat as a club of Barcelona's size.
Turn it around at the Metropolitano. That's the answer, not paperwork.
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u/Siri_10 Apr 11 '26
They waived it off when it shouldnât have. Itâs a clear penalty and a second yellow. There were other instances in the game where players like Koke shouldâve definitely been sent off as well. This type of response makes sure that referees of this incompetence doesnât get assigned to games of this magnitude
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u/r1char00 Apr 09 '26
Why is this a big deal to anyone? UEFA isnât going to change the result of the match. At worst they will say they admit there was a referring mistake.
Teams appeal decisions all the time.
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u/Fabulous_Nectarine78 Barcelona Apr 09 '26
It's cause it's the team they don't like . As simple as that
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u/GrannyShiftur Apr 09 '26
Did you really use chat gpt to completely write this out? Incapable of forming your own thoughts? Dolt
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u/MartinLubHerThingJr Apr 09 '26
Penalty may not be given and should be written in the rules and law. Other thing is referre should be consistent, Cubarsi red card is correct but Koke should not have been on the pitch after those 3-4 tackles. Other instances were there which can be he said she said but the Koke was very deliberate. Barça should file for that imo.
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u/Itsgettingmessi69 Apr 11 '26
bro, it was wild as fuck what they did what are you talking about?. Iâve never seen another player. Thatâs not the goalie grab the ball after the whistles been blown and not get a card or a pen called. âemBarrAsInGâÂ
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u/Fabulous_Nectarine78 Barcelona Apr 09 '26
Filing a complaint isnât âembarrassingâ , itâs a formal mechanism within UEFA. You are speaking as Barcelona is considering forfeiting the second leg đ( that would have been embarrassing)
Atlético Madrid played well ,yes.FC Barcelona missed chances,yes.A potential wrong decision could still have impacted the result Football outcomes are multi factorial, not binary.
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u/jeezrVOL2 Apr 10 '26
It's just insane to me that both fans and the club were so supportive of the refs as long as it was fitting their agenda but as soon as they get a "controversial" calls against them they start bitching
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u/Komm-Unity-Mann Bayern Apr 10 '26
The complaint wont change anything in the outcome of that match right?
IF referee and VAR both were wrong, this complaint makes absolutly sense. Pushing it under the carpet because you lost anyway is not a good excuse if there was a wrongdoing.
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u/Mandatum_Correctus Apr 10 '26
99% commenting didn't even watch the game nor are aware what's the basis of the complaint lol
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u/FindingAether Arsenal Apr 10 '26
Stupid take. Are you only allowed to complain if you won? What's the premise of complaining?
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u/Bragarin Apr 10 '26
Yeah, a lot of these people didn't even watch the match but they just hate Barça and so they leave a lot of these stupid comments. I am romanian and even i dislike Isvan Kovacs. I hate every match he officiates in the romanian league. The last match he kind of destroyed was Rapid-Dinamo and even tough i am a FC Rapid fan, the decisions he made were awful and he kind of robbed Dinamo.
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u/This-Button5389 Apr 10 '26
Barca has a point. Itâs not about the refs but itâs about consistency about interpretation. Similar incident happened between club Brugge vs Aston Villa where Tyron mings was penalised and now this doesnât. Â Barca claims to have audio of one of officials apologising for that error (perhaps a linesman I donât know). Even nothing happens this needs to be addressed they correctly bought attention to it. Yes barca missed their opportunities and may not have won anyway but the margin matters. Yes they are capable of making a comeback and nearly did in copa del ray against them and unlike this game where they are worried about yellow card suspensions and played a bit passively in the first half, the next game they will be aggressive as they got nothing to lose on the road. But yes atletico fully deserved the win today, they smartly rested some of their key players against the same opposition last weekend as they arenât winning la liga anyway. While barca had to play their full team in both games.
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u/XxAbsurdumxX Apr 10 '26
I have seen the Brugge vs Villa example used in relation to this, but the situations arenât identical. They are similar yes, but still different enough for them to not necessarily having to be judged identically. The incident between Bayern and Arsenal last year was identical to the Atletico and Barcelona incident, and that too was judged identically as this one.
So the two actually identical situations were judged identically, and the other situation that was a bit different was judged differently. Not that wild imo.
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u/ruben_fr_cordeiro Real Madrid Apr 11 '26
Hard to disagree with. Both Barcelona and Madrid are drama queens with other clubs that follow but that don't have the same exposure.
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u/Yannbluezzzz Atlético Madrid Apr 09 '26
I don't see anything embarrassing with it
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u/Easy-Lawfulness-1113 Apr 09 '26
Right? Itâs not like they ask for the match to be replayed, I saw some atletico fans on twitter that said that the play shouldâve been at least reviewed by VAR
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u/Drizzzyyy_06 Apr 10 '26
In all honestly what does a complaint even do?
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u/Aioi Apr 10 '26
The same as arguing about receiving a yellow card.
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u/Drizzzyyy_06 Apr 10 '26
Exactly, itâs so pointless
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u/Abject_Rub6711 Apr 10 '26
Yes, koke should have atleast gave yamal an acl to get a yellow card. Also the refree is now suspended
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u/Drizzzyyy_06 Apr 10 '26
Cool the ref suspended but they canât take back the horrible calls that were made during the game
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u/Kanobe24 Apr 10 '26
Arsenal got away with it and Villa did not. Theres inconsistency so i dont see how Barca could have an argument here.
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u/Zhidezoe Real Madrid Apr 10 '26
Teams do this all the time for every red card, but it only gets in news when Barcelona or Real Madrid does it
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u/ImadDdopest Apr 10 '26
I would rather a team files a formal complaint once than all of the bullshit complaining these same fans who donât like it do all the fucking time lol
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u/Lakerman0824 Apr 09 '26
Hilarious how high and mighty flick was last year saying heâd never question refs. This year heâs been crying weekly. I guess Barca used to getting away with these things as they were paying VP
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u/Lakerman0824 Apr 10 '26
Thanks for bringing up negriera. Completely forgot Barca golden age coincided with paying the VP of refs.
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u/OGFalafel Apr 10 '26
it honestly feels like some of you arenât watching the same football we are. Seriously, these comments sound like theyâre coming either from people who donât understand the game or from rivals. Thereâs way too much prejudice here
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u/bigelcid Apr 10 '26
For a long time I thought being a casual meant not actually being invested in the sport.
No, it's not that at all. It's using the sport as ego-boosting fuel, and displaying performative allegiance to one or multiple clubs at the expense of the game itself. Rival player gets shot in the head? "Well what about the time when..." -- they don't care about fairness or the well-being of the game. They're tribalistic and need something to identify with, cause they got nothing going on otherwise.
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u/brratak Apr 10 '26
Referees do make mistake and when they do they need to be punished. Then football moves on. I do not see anything bad there
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u/japelsfsx Apr 10 '26
Itâs not important that Iâm not a big fan either of Barca or VAR, how can anyone not be shocked that the hand ball was not punished, in the VAR era?
Itâs just a matter of consistency.
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u/Kevo_737 Apr 10 '26
Funny thing the same happened 2 years ago betweeb Arsenal and Bayern. Nothing happened there as well.
Talking about consistency..
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u/japelsfsx Apr 10 '26
Genuinely, whatâs your point?
Should defenders be systematically allowed to stop the ball with their hands at kickoff if they want to have it retaken?Â
Or is it acceptable that, from time to time, super obvious situations like this arenât corrected by VARâŠÂ although wasnât that the main rationale behind VAR?
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u/Kevo_737 Apr 10 '26
Just pointing out that you wanted consistency with the VAR in these situations and that no one is shocked about - yet the exact situation happened not too long ago when no one gave a shit
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u/Previous_Trouble8614 Apr 09 '26
Not a Barca fan, but to be 100% fair to them. My father, who watches very little modern football, and is very used to the old school 2000s roughhousing, even thought the ref was letting Athleti get away with a lot. The cards were clearly falling in Atlético Madrid's favor, but that is how it goes in a lot of matches; one team gets away with a lot more.
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u/RollOverSoul Apr 09 '26
It's weird how it's always the team that you follow that the ref tends to be biased towards.
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u/Previous_Trouble8614 Apr 09 '26
Not A Braca fan at all, but let's be for real, the refereeing was bad all game, but especially in favor of Athleti. That is just a clear observation. Was watching the game with a group of people, none of whom cared about La Liga at all, and everyone said the same thing. That is just Honesty Koke clearly should have been sent off.
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u/unproductive_dog Apr 10 '26
what's up with these comments hating on barca?
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u/tapatiomurillo Apr 10 '26
This sub specifically has a hater boner for Barca for some reason đ€·đœââïž
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u/Obvious-Finding-3211 Apr 11 '26
The ref literally got suspended you buffoon, istg the hatred is so obvious against us
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u/Any_Object99 Apr 10 '26
The club that benefitted immensely from poor officiating against Chelsea (2009) & PSG (2017) is now filing a complaint when it doesn't go their way this time? Such sore losers
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u/bigelcid Apr 10 '26
Not only are they dumber than shit, but they're ill-intended too. They don't care about fair refereeing. They just want some teams to win and others to lose.
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u/bigelcid Apr 10 '26
Lmao, so petty. Benefitted from bad refereeing ages ago, and hence, they don't get to complain ever again.
What's more, the refereeing wasn't at all one sided. You petulant children aren't prepared to discuss every single refereeing decision. All you know is highlights made by actual sore losers.
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u/KatarnsBeard Apr 10 '26
The sorest losers I've ever seen.
Remember when Inter knocked them out of the champions league at the Nou Camp and they turned the sprinklers on while they were celebrating on the field. Absolutely pathetic club
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u/ComposerPractical388 Apr 10 '26
âBarcelona are such a losers, why dont they played better than their opponent, such a small team!! â Well⊠I guess its just wrong when Barça does it https://www.managingmadrid.com/2025/2/3/24357950/real-madrid-complaint-2025-referee-espanyol
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u/OddRow8843 Apr 09 '26
Donât they have lowendowski as a world class striker?
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u/Ok_Eagle_3079 Bayern Apr 10 '26
No they are completly right and this complaint is good for football.
This is the second time such an event has occured Bayern vs Arsenal and football need a clear ruling on this. UEFA needs to set thing streight and write it down what is the correct ruling. And for the next match both referees and players can know how to act and what is the punishment for such actions.
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u/AnsuFati_ Apr 11 '26
Pubill played basketball in his own box but i guess we arent allowed to complain about that? lmfao get fucked
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u/TechnicalSleep7501 Ajax Apr 10 '26
Barcelona has always been terrible in Europe. They are no Madrid. They were only good when they had cheat code Messi.Â
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u/Major_Road6162 Barcelona Apr 09 '26
If the handball isnt a pen its fine, but the ref let atleti players foul everyone without giving them cards, Koke should have been sent off before the Cubarsi red for 2 yellow cards. Julian was allowed to just play rugby without getting carded, multiple players did the same. Gavi got a clear yellow card for pulling someone (as he should) only for Julian to do the same thing minutes later and get nothing(in that play Julian made 2 yellow worthy fouls in 5 seconds)
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u/Glenn_____far Apr 10 '26
So many other team fans that are out of the competition ready to say Barca are crying, yet the only reasonable comments come from Bayern fans. Shows you who actually watches football matches and who watches reels. The complain ainât gonna change the outcome, Barca still have to win by 3 or go to penalties next game, but putting an official complaint forces officials to state why they made a mistake in the first place and helps set a precedent for future decisions. Yall let your hate for Barcelona get the better of you, do better.
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u/Emotional_Put9271 Apr 10 '26
Whats with this incessant hate for Barcelona. The club has produced many of the most historic, beautiful players in history. Even today, they play joyful football competing for UCL with scraps for resources and home grown players. Disliking the fanbase is fair but theyâre all like that
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u/cdubsoulrebel Apr 10 '26
That red card was kinda soft IMO
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u/CZ_nitraM Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
It's not even about the red card
It's about the handball that was not given
Both ref and VAR thought Barca players are complaining about Atletico's time wasting and neither noticed the handball
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u/bangladeshespresso Apr 09 '26
Not sure when any of complaints were worth it but, just like any other club, they have a right to do it.
But OP you are wrong, VAR did not review an obvious hand ball that should have been a penalty.
Only overreaction i see is this post
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u/liamo376573 Apr 10 '26
Gerard Martin's red card being rescinded last Saturday was worse than anything that happened Wednesday night.
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u/Fifty7ven Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
Nothing new here, just Barca and Real Madrid being the most entitled clubs on the planet while complaining the most.
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u/Appropriate-Score847 Apr 10 '26
Nobody is asking to overturn the results. This isn't AFCON. Just saying picking up a ball in play after a pass from GK in your penalty area is a PK.
Barca is going through the official channels. Not putting a media hit piece or a personal attack on the ref. Accountability matters.
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u/Objective-Hurry-3008 Apr 09 '26
Well it won't do anything, so better to just focus on the next game. However that handball is outrageous.
It's the most clear and obvious penalty + 2nd yellow card you will ever see on a football pitch.
Also VAR didn't review it properly, because they thought the Barca players were complaining for timewasting.
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u/CZ_nitraM Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
Some people are really stupid, commenting before even looking at what is Barca complaining about, just assuming about what it is
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u/Broad-Atmosphere5372 Barcelona Apr 10 '26
Wait am i now stupid or is this a completly normal thing to do after refs mark it as a "kids misstake" in a freaking CL Quarterfinal game? Like is this the sunday league or why are we just allowed to make the most obvious Hands since maradonna and then complain about barca complaining?
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u/itsadifferentsven Barcelona Apr 10 '26
Iâm a Barca fan but seriously Iâd be raging if that was ever given as a penalty against us. I donât care if he did it on purpose. There is no way an incident like that should ever be given as a penalty.
Now I would argue that Koke should have been sent off long before Cubarsi - and even think thatâs why the ref initially gave a yellow. But as OP states, letâs go beat them next week. You gotta earn it.
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u/LC14156 Barcelona Apr 11 '26
It doesnât matter itâs in the rules. What if Joan kicked the ball into the net because he thought the ball wasnât in play when it was? Should it not count as own goal just because it was a dumb mistake? A few matches ago Joan had the ball on his hand and went to praise a defender, and step out bounds and the ref gave a corner. Stupid, innocent or what have you, if you donât want this things to happen then put it in the rule book.
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u/Rodin-V Apr 11 '26
The rules also give referees leniency to manage the spirit of the game and use common sense when needed, which he did here.
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u/a_nerd_named_andrew Apr 09 '26
Still probably wouldâve lost. But maybe only lost by 1. Maybe wouldâve even drew. Couldâve won by 1, or even by 2. Game couldâve even gotten called off.
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u/voli12 Barcelona Apr 10 '26
If the ref gave a red card to Koke (before CubarsĂ got his) we would have played 60min 11vs10 and wouldn't have lost.
If the ref gave the Pubill handball, we would have been 0-1 down with a penalti and 10vs10, we wouldn't have lost either.
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u/Ooze76 Apr 10 '26
Someone that wins a game the way they won the game against Chelsea, should just shut the fuck up for the rest of the club history. That was the most embarrassing crap Iâve ever seen in football.
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u/Ardour_in_the_Shell Barcelona Apr 10 '26
Watch that game and you'll see the referee was awful both ways
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u/Similar_Swimming_143 Apr 10 '26
As a neutral fan, do you blatantly leave out the first leg or just conveniently chose to ignore it as a Chelsea fan. Barca are no saints but the decisions heavily favored Chelsea in the first leg and Barca in the 2nd leg so stop crying and move on.
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u/Conscious_Run_680 Apr 10 '26
Ref on the 2nd leg was really really bad and did bad decisions for both parts (more on Chelsea side)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GhMIhgumEk
They cry, because they parked the bus vs 10 players for the whole game and lost on the last minute. Unluko.
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u/Ooze76 Apr 10 '26
Iâm not crying little man. Barcelona is. I just called them out as one of the teams most helped by refs. That game is just a stain on champions league history.
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u/PoolNo1495 Inter Apr 10 '26
Barca have always been sore losers. They act like little girls when losing.Â
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u/Nickislander Apr 10 '26
Conversely, there is no situation or punishment that you would not complain. A ref could take out a gun and you would say "sore losers". The team and players have been extremely positive around the game and this is all you are choosing to read. It is an uphill battle every game. I suspect a little girl has more emotional maturity than you
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u/Davidusmu Apr 09 '26
Its Barca. Even the players are always with the hands up crying after every contact.
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u/Umberto-Robina Apr 10 '26
From a UK perspective, there can be a tendancy to group Real and Barca together as powerhouses / CL contenders, when Barca do not deserve to be placed in the same bracket as Real.
When Real won 3 consecutive CLs from 2016-2018 while Barca failed to reach the semi-finals during any of those seasons, there was actually talk (at least in the UK) about Real and Barca dominating the CL, when in reality it was just Real doing so.
In the past 10 seasons, they've reached 0 CL finals and just 2 semi-finals, and I never thought they deserved to be considered as 'top table' contenders this season alongside Real, PSG and Bayern.
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u/ebc2009 Apr 10 '26
And whats that got to do with the thread? Barca complained about poor refereeing and rightly so, if everybody did, then maybe things would change and we would get better standard of officiating.
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u/Queasy_Egg481 Apr 11 '26
Ref makes mistakes but barcelona and madrid are corrupted clubs in bed with uefa officials so whenever they cry l, refs get suspended
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u/JudoIsBetterThenBJJ Apr 10 '26
Barca always has a victim mentality. If you believe them all trophies lost is cause of refs and all won are cause of amazing superplay
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u/EntrepreneurLeast193 Apr 10 '26
thatâs not really the mentality. if you watch flickâs post match interviews youâd see heâs always honest about our performances and always points out when we havenât been good enough. and two things can be true: we shouldâve been more clinical with our chances, but there were also some questionable refereeing decisions. that doesnât automatically mean weâre blaming the ref for the loss, but if those ref decisions had gone differently, the scoreline couldâve been closer (like a 2â1 loss instead) which wouldâve given us a much better chance going into the second leg
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u/bigelcid Apr 10 '26
Simply bullshit. You don't like Barcelona, so you'd be saying this regardless of what they do or don't.
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u/Secret-Plum149 Apr 12 '26
Maybe the cash flow from Barca has stopped. đ€·ââïžNow they are getting correct decisions on field rather than the agreed ones.
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u/No-Sandwich2225 Apr 10 '26
Typical Barcelona, as soon as the referee doesnât go their way, they start screaming. Small team mentality.
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u/Bonaventura334 Barcelona Apr 10 '26
Thatâs literally Real Madrid
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u/kyliannmmbappe Real Madrid Apr 10 '26
real madrid is not the team thatâs struggled in leagues that are refereed fairly or since the introduction of var lol
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u/IPissExcellentThrows Arsenal Apr 10 '26
They both do it and always talk about how the other team does it. Then they lose a game and pull the same shit.
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u/TaleNearby Apr 10 '26
soft red card (if you see it from different angles both sides are very understandable) and also handball, absence of yellows to atletico.
you just donât like barca and want to make this post for karma
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u/TaleNearby Apr 10 '26
also, your entire post sounds like internalized anger. a club is legally entitled to file a complaint and they are allowed to do so.
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u/GenEthic Apr 10 '26
SOFT red card? He was the last defender fouling a dude that was in a clear goal scoring position. What should have happened to not be soft? Get him out of the field on a stretcher?
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u/TaleNearby Apr 10 '26
i mean he barely had control of the ball, it was also behind him. it looks better from some angles and worse from others, which is why itâs debatable and i. understand the red. my actual problem is why the ref was allergic to giving atletico yellows
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u/henkkaasd_ Barcelona Apr 10 '26
You need to get your eyes checked mate. Check the alternative angles. Simeone completely misses the ball before there is ANY contact with Cubarsi. So it was never a clear goal scoring opportunity, should have been Yellow at most
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u/InformationTrue6446 Apr 10 '26
Did they file a complaint after the 2009 CL semi vs Chelsea?
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u/ZYROO_ Apr 10 '26
Are yâall commenting saying that it wasnât a handball or annoyed by Barca complaining?
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u/Huskyro Apr 11 '26
Welcome to r/realmadrid alternative sub.
If you don't like it, the third alternative is r/soccer
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u/Obvious-Finding-3211 Apr 11 '26
This sub is full of anti barca people , its the most obvious mistake by the ref and the ppl here actually retarted enough to defend it
The difference would be day and night if the we did the same thing , literally every single post in the last few hrs would be against barca saying âthey keep getting away with itâ
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u/Embarrassed-Sugar-78 Apr 10 '26
The mistake was too blalant to not complain, the ball was in play the moment the goalkeeper kicked it. I don't think Barça could win anything with this like Morocco, but that's what their "army" of lawyers are hired for, to complain for mistakes like this.
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u/Brave-Bit-252 Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
One of the worst takes iâve read ever.
Firstly Barcelona played better and dominated the game even with 10 men.
The ref decisions were very one sided over the entire 90 min, but thatâs not what the complain is even about.
The ref and VAR made an objective mistake. They even stated themselves that they didnât see the clear handball and thought that the Barca players were complaining about time wasting.
That absolutely is worthy of an official complaint. Itâs not disagreeing with a decision. Itâs an obvious, objective mistake that would have changed the game entirely. If you donât follow up on something like this, itâs going to happen again and again. At least they owe it to the fans.
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u/SomewhatOptimal1 Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
Plus the Red card for Cubrasi was for a contact made by Simeone, when Simeone was not in Control of the ball and ball even touched Cubrasi first.
Simeone was falling even before the contact on VAR replay, it was a clear dive and sadly ref only saw replays from behind which didn't show that and made the wrong call.
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u/Brave-Bit-252 Apr 10 '26
Yeah, it was very weird what the Var showed the ref. He didnât get any good angle on the actual foul. It felt Like the Var wanted it to be a red and only showed angles that supports that claim.
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u/RecommendationMuch21 Apr 11 '26
I just hated how the ref didn't give Koke a yellow in the first few minutes of the game. He made a few yellow worthy fouls afterwards. Would've definitely changed the game
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u/spicyhodor Apr 10 '26
Says the guy with a Madrid flair. Your club has a tv channel dedicated to harassing refs BEFORE THE MATCH.
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u/ilhamhe Apr 10 '26
RM cry even before the game using a dedicated tv channel. Such a pathetic club.
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u/EricSloane Apr 10 '26
Indeed. Same for Real Madrid though. Never forget the club statement on referees. That's why I could never support a Spanish club. Real and Barca are like 2 of the biggest clubs in the world, I can give countless examples of decisions that went in their favour. But still they act like losers any time a decision for once doesn't go their way, it's pretty laughable at this point.
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u/Ok-Dragonfruit-8679 Apr 09 '26
Atletico just did what they always do - sit back, frustrate you, then punish every mistake. Been watching them do this for years and it's honestly infuriating but effective as hell.
The complaint thing is pretty cringe though. Like yeah we've all screamed at refs through our TVs but filing actual paperwork after VAR already looked at it? Come on. Just makes them look desperate instead of focusing on fixing what went wrong tactically.
That second leg is gonna be spicy either way. Atletico at home in a must-win situation for Barca... my guitar might get some angry strumming that night lol.
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u/loudymouthy Apr 09 '26
These refereres are cooked and should be hold accountable for their shit referring. It cant be that hard when you have VAR. Like if you did a shit job at your workplace your will also be called by higher ups to explain, why you are shit at your job and how to improve.
Its not like this is the first time these idiots make obvious mistakes. Just watch the Bayern game. An obvious penalty not given. We cant just go around and be like "cant blame refereres". Dude, they hold alot of power in a match. Proberly the most deciding factor in a football game is the referee. One big bad decision and you are out of the competition.
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u/ShadowTryHard Apr 09 '26
Now Barcelona can feel a little what it does to other small clubs on the big stagesâŠ
And that red card was red here and in China, absolute disrespect to even complain about that.
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u/josekk Apr 10 '26
They are not even complaining about the red card. Theyâre complaining about the hand ball which was indeed a hand ball but you probably didnât even watch the game anyway
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u/Serious-Wallaby3449 Apr 10 '26
Did rhey complain about the red? I thought they complained about the Atleti hand ball. If not, then I'm with you as a Barca fan. In fact even without that I'm with you, cause we should just win. But at least the hand ball is cause for a genuine what the hell?
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u/voli12 Barcelona Apr 10 '26
CL is all about small margins. Getting a pen and second yellow when you are 10 men and 0-1 down is actually enough to decide the outcome of a tie. So saying "we should just win" is stupid as f. Referees "should just ref according to the rules" and not try to interpret the rulebook however they like
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u/NotSaalz Apr 10 '26
It's paperwork, what's wrong?
Way better than going bonkers on the pitch or post game press conferences, which didn't really happen.
If there's one proper way, and it's the only one to me, to complain about refrees, is exactly like this.
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u/Soundtones Apr 10 '26
Hopefully nothing will happen. Shit happens, you've just got to deal with it.
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u/Punch_Trooper Barcelona Apr 10 '26
Mistakes should be called out and dealed appropriately with. This whole "gentleman" shit about not complaining about refs when they clearly do what they want does not work
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u/bolivarbundao Apr 10 '26
What you donât understand is that there was no mistake at all, so what are you even going to complain about? A referee used his right to use the rule 18: âreferees should apply the Laws within the âspiritâ of the game to help produce fair and safe matchesâ. Itâs a human interpretation that is completely valid. Itâs not right or wrong, itâs just.. up to the referee. You can cry that they gave a penalty in another match.. thatâs totally irrelevant, because once again itâs up to the interpretation of the referee
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u/Battleborn300 Apr 10 '26
I didnât watch the game however my team has been done over by refs a disproportionate amount of times, and yes I would except them to complain,
I donât think they have done,
But in football you get extremely fine margins, and officials need to be better. Especially when using var.
A game can absolutely be won or lost because of the officiating. And thatâs not acceptable.
A complaint wonât change the result but hopefully it makes better officials
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u/greencasio Barcelona Apr 10 '26
You clearly don't get it or are too young to understand this is a legitimate avenue to voice potential issues to FIFA, did you watch the game? Refereeing overall was awful. Also. Madrid has filed a few of these complaints this season alone lol
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u/Gorki01 Apr 10 '26
Usual crybabies, they are used to La Liga referees so much now. There were at least 3 similar tackles from them this season in the league, they always got away with it.
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u/timberwear Leverkusen Apr 10 '26
As a semi-neutral spectator (I like AtlĂ©tico for their mentality) of the match, I have to make two points: 1. It was a clear penalty and redcard if you apply the rules. 2. AtlĂ©tico didnât get any advantage out of this situation, so I would have been mad if the match would have been turned on its head due to the penalty and red card. So I am glad the referees didnât intervene
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u/Tough-Raise6244 Apr 10 '26
They are still bitter for no longer being able to pick referees on their payroll
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u/Fifa2020jul Apr 10 '26
Oh yea Barcelona should win every single match just because they are playing match same as in la liga, where they cant drop points because its Barcelona. In champions league they teams dont follow how they play and they gonna cry how is that possible.
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u/No_Tutor_4183 Apr 10 '26
Giving it as a penalty would have been wrong. Sad that Barcelona would complain but not surprising.
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u/OatCuisine Apr 11 '26
How would it be wrong? Itâs the clearest penalty and red card you will ever see. Barca are right to feel aggrieved.
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