Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick was incensed that his aspect didn’t get a penalty as they misplaced 2-0 to Atletico Madrid within the Champions League.
Defender Pau Cubarsi was dismissed within the forty fourth minute for tripping Giuliano Simeone, with Julian Alvarez scoring a positive free-kick to place Atletico forward.
Barca have been wonderful with 10 males and may have levelled earlier than Alexander Sorloth volleyed a second.
And Flick felt his aspect ought to have had a penalty when Atletico defender Marc Pubill bizarrely picked up the ball when goalkeeper Juan Musso handed it to him.
As an alternative, the referee allowed the objective kick to be retaken.
“I don’t know why VAR didn’t intervene,” Flick mentioned.
“The referee is German, and I believe it’s unbelievable. All of us make errors, however what’s the purpose of VAR?
“I can’t perceive it. It ought to have been a penalty, a second yellow card, and a pink. That is unacceptable.”
Barcelona tried to rally after the break however struggled to interrupt down Atletico, who caught rigidly to their disciplined sport plan. The guests doubled their lead within the seventieth minute when Matteo Ruggeri mixed with substitute Sorloth to complete clinically.
Atletico comfortably noticed out the closing minutes to take a commanding benefit into the return leg. It was their first win on the Nou Camp in 20 years and a primary there beneath Diego Simeone.
“After all, we misplaced 0-2, however we had some excellent possibilities and so they performed very nicely” Flick mentioned. “We’re not going to surrender.
“We consider in ourselves as a result of we performed very nicely within the second half with one much less participant. In addition they performed very nicely; they’ve high quality up entrance. The reality is, it wasn’t straightforward to defend in opposition to them, however we had possibilities to win this tie.”
Simeone, who has twice taken Atletico to the Champions League ultimate, praised his aspect however says the job will not be carried out.
“I’m hardly ever comfortable; I all the time discover one thing to maintain me from having fun with what we’re doing,” Simeone mentioned.
“I put myself of their footwear and I understand how tough it’s to play right here. The group explored each avenue, specializing in decisiveness, which we typically lack, however as we speak we have been 100% scientific.
“We had by no means gained at this floor earlier than. It’s very tough, enjoying in opposition to a group that arguably performs the perfect soccer in Europe, together with PSG and Bayern
“I may inform you a thousand tales about matches the place we’ve had 30 photographs and haven’t scored. Soccer is great as a result of scientific ending is essential. We’ve been extraordinarily scientific on some nights, and on others we haven’t been.”
