Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Sunday, April 27, 2025, 09:17 / Updated Sunday, April 27, 2025 09:18
The radio station Marca analyzed all the controversial phases of the Cup final, Barcelona – Real Madrid (3-2), and drew the conclusions.
Former referee FIFA Alfonso Pérez Burrull, the specialist Radio Marca, believes that the arbitration of Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea was very good: “It was a great final, and the arbitration rose to the height of the match.”
Of all the controversial phases of the match, Perez Burrull believes that one was wrong. It spent at the end of the regular time, at the score of 2-2, at Asencio's intervention on Raphinha, who was initially considered a penalty and then overturned after a Var review.
Asencio's intervention on Raphinha / Photo: Capture
“Real Madrid's defender arrived late and at the Fault the Brazilian striker, it is a penalty. There was no clear error that justifies the intervention of Var and correcting the referee on the monitor,” says Perez Burull, who thus shows the assistant in the Var room.
Surprisingly, Radio Marca omitted another controversial phase, consumed just before it. Also in the Real's corner, defender Antonio Rudiger hit the boot at Ferran Torres, at the ball, but the “central” Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea considered the intervention of the defender Madrilen enough to give penalty.
Perez Burrull: “No penalty at Federico Valverde. The hand is directed to the ground”
Another controversial moment spent at the beginning of the match. In the 16th minute, Raphinha focused in front of the gate, Ferran Torres took, and the ball hit Valverde in the grass. Referee Ricardo de Burgos Belgoetxea interpreted that his hand was directed to the ground and did not give a penalty.
“The hand is directed to the ground. The referee was close to the phase. The regulation provides for this. It is not a penalty,” was the verdict of Pérez Burull on Radio Marca.
Jong's fault on Kylian Mbappe, in the 67th minute, was only sanctioned with a “yellow”, although the Madrid demanded the elimination of the Dutch.
De Jong holds Mbappe, in a “promising” attack position
Perez Burrull: “He was a Barcelona defender nearby, so he was not a red card. There is no doubt, he is a yellow card for a promising attack.”
