The FC Barcelona was not able to happen of the tie in front of the UD The Palms and reduced his advantage with regard to the Athletic of Madrid to five points. Leo Messi advanced to the Barcelona of fault and Calleri empató of penalti. In spite of that the Barcelona could not show his best level, the referee Mateu Lahoz had a decisive influence in the party.
In the final stretch of the first time, Luis Suárez controlled the balloon and planted only in front of Leandro Chichizola. The Argentinian goalkeeper went out of the area and stole him the balloon with the hand to the Uruguayan, something that would have to have supposed fault and red cardboard for the guardameta of the UD The Palms when treating a self-evident occasion of goal. Nevertheless, the referee did not see it and left to follow.
After the rest, in the tunnel of changing rooms, several players of the Barça asked him explanations by his error to Mateu Lahoz. Aleix Vidal held a conversation with him in which the referee explained him the played: "No, if sure Aleix, but from my position can not see it and no that I do not see can not...", it said, before finish, of form burlesca, with a "the mine responsibility, machine".
The error could change the party completely, since it had left to the Canarian team with a footballer less during a whole part and with the marker against. It was not the only error of the referee in the party, that finished unfairly in tie.
Mateu Lahoz Followed topping
Mateu Lahoz Went back to have prominence to the start of the second half to the pitar a penalti entirely non-existent of Digne by some entirely involuntary hands. Anybody could know why reason Mateu Lahoz signalled the maximum penalty to instances, supposes , of one of his assistants. Later also it would forgive the expulsion to Gálvez by a hard entrance to Leo Messi and would forgive a penalti clear on Paulinho.