'Robbery' at the Camp Nou? The 3 possible penalties that did not whistle Barça against United

The FC Barcelona did not sack of the current Champions League too satisfied with the arbitration that had in the phase of groups. The culés demanded several actions in the field of the Inter, as well as against the Bayern, but to end of accounts had to conform with the third place and 'go down' to the Europe League, competition where initiated the second phase receiving to the Manchester United in the Camp Nou this Thursday.

The party finished with a tie to two goals that leaves the totally opened series for the party of turn in Old Trafford, although there were some controversies that could have changed this result. In the first time, Raphael Varane did not leave to turn to Robert Lewandowski inside the area, a played that would finish with a fault of Fred on Gavi in the frontal, but that to end of accounts would not consider penalti.

The French commissioned of almost embrace to the centrodelantero Barcelona and limit his mobility, an action that in any another zone out of the area the referees are used to to signal like obstruction. Already in the minute 37 would arrive a greater catchword by part of the Barça in front of a more than possible a penalti on Jordi Alba, in which a lot of considered that the captain culé was arrollado by Wan-Bissaka.

The English, as it accustoms in almost all his closings, was very strong with a swept and although it touches the balloon in first instance to end of accounts finishes committing penalti when hitting the left ankle of the left side when it was trying to make his shot. Alba achieved to take out the finish but immediately fell to the lawn by the impact of the British player.

The one who a lot of saw

Already for the minute 85 would arrive surely the clearest of all, although the Italian referee and his compatriot of the VAR did not consider it of this way. The Brazilian Fred hit the balloon with his right forearm after a head butt of Sergi Roberto, in which the player of the Barça tried to happen the balloon to a mate, played that it was prevented by the hand of the footballer of the United.

In this type of situations, and by as it is written now the regulation, everything remains to interpretation of the referee and if it considers that the offender could have the most hit arm to the body or if there was sufficient distance so that it reacted. Xavi, by his side, considered that "it was penalti. Yes, it was penalti very clear. The hands were not in natural position. My statements do not go to change at all, but think that was penalti", shared the technician in the back press conference.