Triple combo of failures had the referee of the FC Barcelona-RCD Espanyol Gil Manzano in the first time of the party. The referee of the meeting did not see first a clear red card after a very hard entrance of Hernán Pérez on Javier Mascherano a penalti clear of the defender, later cancelled a so much legal of Ivan Rakitic of course offside that it was not and finally and, to finish with the cumulus of desdichas, neither pitó a clear penalti of Duarte on Leo Messi.
First it was the international Paraguayan Hernán Pérez him that left him the marked swearwords in the knee of Javier Mascherano as after beginning the meeting, in the minute 4 of the first time. The extreme of the Espanyol arrived on aroused to the played and left to Mascherano touched, having to go out the doctor Pruna to see as it found his articulation. Finally it could recover, but Manzano had to have expelled to the attacker.
After this, and after the first goal of Leo Messi, occurred the controversy played of the party where the trencilla cancelled the so much of Ivan Rakitic. Twenty minutes afterwards, in the minute 34, the defender perico Rubén Duarte raised to Leo Messi inside the area after the Argentinian tried to arrive to the refuse of his own kick. The referee extremeño decided no pitarlo and the back repetitions finish it leaving in evidence.