Barcelona angrily after epic referee “fucked up”

Barcelona's Bifoot Champions League semifinals will be one of the greatest ties ever, but Hansi Flick and his players left a sour taste in their mouths as they thought they were “unfair” results, “smashed them” in the final.
Catalonia's Giants trailed 2-0 in the half but led 3-2 with three minutes left – Eric Garcia, Dany Ormo and scorer Rafenha.
However, Francesco Acerbi's dramatic stop-time upgrade was followed by Davide Frattersi's overtime title, the second time it reached the Champions League final for the second time in three seasons.
For Barcelona, the failure was painful enough, but it was very frustrating on referee Szymon Marciniak that night. The Polish official sentenced international criminal penalties after a var review of Lautaro Martinez's tackles, and then decided to award Barcelona to Henrikh Mkhitaryan's challenge to henrikh Mkhitaryan's sickle challenge to Lamine Yamal, was overturned – the assault was deemed to be placed outside the punishment area.
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It was no surprise then that Flick and many Barcelona players were questioning officials while executing their media duties.
“We think the result is unfair because of the decisions of some referees, and I have to say that.” “I don't want to talk about referees too much, but every 50-50 decision is ultimately in their favor, and that's what makes me sad.”
The German boss continued: “I don’t want to talk about the referee anymore, I’ve told him what I think, but I won’t repeat it here now, it’s not fair to my team, they do a lot.
“I’m disappointed with the results, not with the team’s performance. It’s the essence of it, we’ve gone out, but we’ll try again because we want the fans to be happy and winning the Champions League is our goal and it will be our goal again.
“I can be proud of the players. It's part of football, victory and loss, and we'll all learn it.”
“This is not the first time that something like this happened to him.” “UEFA should investigate. Go every 50-50. The fine for Lamin was obvious, which turned into a foul, and Mkhitaryan should see the second yellow.
“We're screwed up now, but from tomorrow we have to focus on Real Madrid because half of the league is under threat.”
Meanwhile, Inigo Martinez vented: “Everyone saw the phone coming in one direction, but I didn't want to focus on it. The referee made a choice. It was a pity.”
As Pedri suggests, nothing was lost despite the cancellation of Barcelona. They are the first of La Liga, leading Real Madrid in just four games this season and have already sent their Clasico opponents in the recent Copa del Rey final.
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