Barcelona coach Hansi Flick expressed frustration with the refereeing of their Champions League semi-final defeat to Inter Milan following a second-leg basic at San Siro.
Having fought again from 2-0 down at residence to attract the primary leg 3-3, Barca appeared to have clinched their place within the closing in Munich when Raphinha fired residence his thirteenth Champions League aim of the season three minutes from the tip of regular time to place Flick’s facet forward 3-2 on the night time.
Lautaro Martinez’s Twenty first-minute opener and Hakan Calhanoglu’s penalty had earlier given Inter command, just for Eric Garcia and Dani Olmo to degree the tie as soon as extra previous to Raphinha’s exact end.
However 37-year-old centre-back Francesco Acerbi supplied a surprising twist, forcing additional time together with his first European aim within the 93rd minute, earlier than Davide Frattesi lastly settled an encounter that tied the document for the highest-scoring two-legged Champions League semi-final, giving Inter a 4-3 win on the night time and a 7-6 combination triumph.
Talking afterwards, Flick had nothing however reward for his gamers, although he indicted dissatisfaction with referee Szymon Marciniak.
“I’m very dissatisfied that we’re out – however I’m not dissatisfied in regards to the efficiency of my staff. They tried all the pieces,” stated Flick.
“We’re out, however subsequent yr we’ll begin once more and we’ll make our followers, the membership and everybody round us joyful.
“They [Inter] are a very good staff, a powerful staff who defend effectively but additionally they’ve a very good striker.
“Within the second half we have been actually good. I don’t wish to converse in regards to the referee however each 50-50 choice was for them.
“We gave all the pieces however ultimately it was like that and that’s what made me a bit unhappy.”
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Of explicit competition for Barca, whose hopes of a treble got here to an finish with defeat at San Siro, was the penalty awarded to Inter late within the first half.
It initially appeared as if Pau Cubarsi had timed his problem on Martinez completely to cease an Inter break down the left, however Marciniak pointed to the spot after a pitchside assessment, with replays suggesting Cubarsi made no contact with the ball.
Garcia took subject with that call, telling Prime Video Sport: “For me, the primary one Curbasi, I used to be actually shut, for me it’s by no means a pen.
“I feel within the first half going 2-0 down was robust. The response we had within the second half was superb.
“We had much more possibilities to shut the sport.
“It’s from selections made, however that’s soccer and we have to be actually happy with what we did.”
Barca nonetheless have work to do to finish a LaLiga and Copa del Rey double. They’re 4 factors forward of Actual Madrid in LaLiga with 4 video games to play, and might all however seal the title with a house win within the Clasico on Sunday.
“We’ve got bought to get going, we have to be proud,” Garcia added.
“No one believed in us originally [of the season]. Quite a lot of adjustments and altering the supervisor, actually younger gamers and we have to be proud.”
