Summary
Barcelona has filed another complaint with UEFA about refereeing decisions during their Champions League quarterfinal matches against Atletico Madrid. The club says these decisions, including missed penalty calls and issues with VAR (video review), affected the match results and caused harm to the team.
Key Facts
- Barcelona lost to Atletico Madrid 3-2 on aggregate in the Champions League quarterfinals.
- The club complained about refereeing errors and poor application of the Laws of the Game during both matches.
- Barcelona finished both matches with 10 players due to red cards for Pau Cubarsi and Eric Garcia.
- They say two possible penalty situations were not reviewed by VAR, the video referee system.
- UEFA rejected Barcelona’s first complaint about a handball incident in the first leg as inadmissible.
- Barcelona claims these refereeing mistakes affected the match outcome and caused financial and sports harm.
- The club wants to work with UEFA to improve refereeing fairness and transparency in future matches.
- The incident relates to the Champions League, a major European soccer tournament.
