Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Sunday, August 24, 2025, 07:51 / Updated Sunday, August 24, 2025 07:52
Barcelona returned from 0-2 in the match with Levante and won 3-2. But the referee is criticized by the Catalans to give the kick from 11 meters from which Morales made 0-2.
In the 45+2 minute, Morales's quoted shot hit the Barcelona defender, Balde, in the left arm. The referee checked the action with lime and then dictated a penalty for Levante, which all Morales turned into a goal for 2-0.
Hansi Flick: “Such situations annoy you”
Barcelona returned the result after the resumption, winning 3-2, but in the end, coach Hansi Flick and his players challenged the 11-meter kick that made their lives even harder. “The penalty? It didn't seem clear to me. It annoys you such situations. But we have to accept it, ”Flick commented.
Much more vehement was the midfielder Pedri: “I do not think the penalty had to be granted. We were presented recently, at the sports base, several such situations. The hen of Tchouaméni, on Montjuic, last season, was the same and did not give a penalty. You have to obey the referee's decision, but I do not understand anything. “
The specialist of the daily mark: “E Penalty!”
The specialist of the daily Marca, former arbitrator Iturralde Gonzalez, gives justice to the “central” Hernández Hernández, the one who had arbitrated in May and El Classico Barcelona – Real Madrid 4-3, when the alleged penalty at Tchouaméni was not granted by Pedri.
“It's a penalty (no – in the balde). It has the” l “arm and occupies more space, as the ball is heading towards the gate. It does not have it, but rather in the form of” L “, above the waist”, analyzed iturralde.
Iturralde gonzalez: “Tchouaméni had arms below the waist, which was a natural position”
The Marca analyst then explained the difference between this punishment and the one not included in Tchouaméni in the last classico on Montjuïc: “Tchouaméni had arms below the waist, which was a natural position. In this phase, Balde has the arm in the form of” L “, above the waist, it returns and adopts a position”.
After the break, Pedri, Ferran Torres and Elgezabal's autogole (in extensions) brought him a victory “in extremis” to the Spanish champion. Barcelona had not been able to return a 0-2 to the break from 1962! For 63 years!
