{"id":118169,"date":"2025-08-24T16:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/mateu-lahoz-questions-hernandez-for-balde-penalty_314360_102\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:18:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:18:02","slug":"mateu-lahoz-questions-hernandez-for-balde-penalty_314360_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/mateu-lahoz-questions-hernandez-for-balde-penalty_314360_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Strong criticism from Mateu Lahoz to Hern\u00e1ndez Hern\u00e1ndez: &#8220;it is impossible to sanction Balde&#8217;s handball&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Former referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz pointed directly at Alejandro Hern\u00e1ndez after whistling a supposed penalty by Balde that sparked controversy in the Bar\u00e7a-Levante match.<\/h2>  \r\n<div class=\"article-addons\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/calendar-fc-barcelona.html\"\r\n       target=\"_self\"\r\n       title=\"Calendar of FC Barcelona\"\r\n       class=\"blue-gredient-btn\">\r\n       \r\n        Calendar of FC Barcelona    <\/a>\r\n<\/div>   <p><a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/rip-offs-against-barca-in-laliga-25-26-start-early_314341_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/laliga\/chorizadas-barca-en-laliga-empiezan-pronto-demasiado-pronto_314341_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/rip-offs-against-barca-in-laliga-25-26-start-early_314341_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Las 'chorizadas' al Bar\u00e7a en LaLiga empiezan pronto. Demasiado&nbsp;pronto\">The refereeing decisions in the match between FC Barcelona and Levante UD<\/a> for the second matchday of <strong>LaLiga EA Sports<\/strong>, once again, harmed the Azulgrana team.&nbsp;<\/p>  <p>And it was evident when referee <strong>Alejandro Hern\u00e1ndez Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> decided to award a penalty to the &#8216;granota&#8217; team in the added time of the first half.<\/p>  <p>In itself, the action took place in the fifth minute of added time, when <strong>Jos\u00e9 Luis Morales<\/strong> sent a shot towards <strong>Joan Garc\u00eda&#8217;s<\/strong> goal, which ended up being blocked by <strong>Alejandro Balde<\/strong> with his left arm.<\/p>  <div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ArchivoVAR\/status\/1959354142972948903\"> <blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"> <p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">\ud83d\udda5\ufe0f\ud83d\udca5 VAR and Hern\u00e1ndez Hern\u00e1ndez&#8217;s wires crossed in the Levante &#8211; Barcelona match.<br><br> \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb Balde, with his hand close to his body and in the process of retracting it, deflects the ball in the area.<br><br> \u274c \ud835\udde1\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde7 \ud835\uddd4 \ud835\udde3\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udddf\ud835\udde7\ud835\uddec.<br><br> \u25aa\ufe0f Circular 3 speaks of &#8220;hand clearly detached and away from the body&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/en\/slqyevlP6w\">pic.twitter.com\/slqyevlP6w<\/a><\/p> \u2014 Archivo VAR (@ArchivoVAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en\/ArchivoVAR\/status\/1959354142972948903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2025<\/a> <\/blockquote>  <\/div>  <p>Although the ball hit the &#8216;3&#8217; of the Catalan team, the arm was clearly close to the body, so the action is involuntary and not punishable. <strong>But the Spanish refereeing doesn&#8217;t understand that when it comes to Bar\u00e7a.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>  <h2>Strong Mateu Lahoz: directly points out an error by Alejandro Hern\u00e1ndez&nbsp;<\/h2>  <p>In this vein, former referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz also considered that this penalty should not have been awarded, highlighting the error of the VAR and the main referee of the match.<\/p>  <blockquote> <p>&#8220;He takes out his arm. His hand is quite detached. This hand is punishable, he can&#8217;t retract it any further,&#8221; he pointed out in &#8216;Tiempo de Juego&#8217; on Cadena Cope, where he serves as an arbitration analyst.<\/p> <\/blockquote>  <p>It should be remembered that the main referee received a call from the VAR room by Jorge Figueroa V\u00e1zquez to come and review the play on the monitor.<\/p>  <p>Thus, the penalty ended up being executed by the &#8217;11&#8217; of the &#8216;levantinista&#8217; team to go into halftime with a 2-0 lead. Despite this, <a data-external=\"0\" data-intl-links-en=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/levante-2-3-barcelona-spectacular-comeback-and-leaders_314338_102.html\" data-intl-links-es=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/laliga\/levante-2-3-fc-barcelona-remontada-epica-contra-todo-y-contra-todos_314338_102.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/levante-2-3-barcelona-spectacular-comeback-and-leaders_314338_102.html\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Levante 2-3 FC Barcelona: Epic comeback AGAINST EVERYTHING AND&nbsp;AGAINST&nbsp;EVERYONE!\">the Blaugrana team was able to turn the score around in the second half<\/a>, winning by 2-3 and <a data-external=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/laliga-clasificacion.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"consolidating their position at the top of the competition with 6 points.\">consolidating their position at the top of the competition with 6 points.<\/a><\/p>  <h2>The last Real Madrid-Bar\u00e7a match, a precedent by Alejandro Hern\u00e1ndez<\/h2>  <p>In this vein, <strong>Alejandro Hern\u00e1ndez was also in charge of refereeing the second Cl\u00e1sico of LaLiga 2024\/25<\/strong>, which ended in favor of Bar\u00e7a 4-3, but where a similar action by Aur\u00e9lien Tchouameni after a shot by Ferran Torres was not sanctioned as a penalty.<\/p>  <div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BlazquezFont\/status\/1959352052464710024\"> <blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"> <p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Hern\u00e1ndez Hern\u00e1ndez did not whistle Tchouam\u00e9ni&#8217;s handball against Bar\u00e7a last year, but he has not hesitated for a second when whistling Alejandro Balde&#8217;s alleged handball against Levante. Same referee, more than opposite criteria. They are against Bar\u00e7a and they go all out. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en\/hashtag\/FCBarcelona?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FCBarcelona<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/en\/Kw2tIWSA49\">pic.twitter.com\/Kw2tIWSA49<\/a><\/p> \u2014 Miquel Bl\u00e1zquez (@BlazquezFont) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en\/BlazquezFont\/status\/1959352052464710024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2025<\/a> <\/blockquote>  <\/div>  <p>In that match, which was played on May 11, the referee also received a call from the VAR, but decided that it was not punishable, which shows how Spanish refereeing tends to tip the balance when it comes to the Catalan team and the &#8216;Casa Blanca&#8217;.<\/p>  <p>Therefore, Mateu Lahoz also recalled that controversial play and implied that the same criteria should be maintained, something that Hern\u00e1ndez clearly did not do on this occasion.<\/p>  <blockquote> <p>&#8220;The last precedent we have of this referee going to the monitor was a handball by Tchouam\u00e9ni in the Cl\u00e1sico. If at that moment he decided that it was not a penalty, it is impossible for him to decree a handball in this play,&#8221; Lahoz commented.<\/p> <\/blockquote> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz pointed directly at Alejandro Hern\u00e1ndez after whistling a supposed penalty by Balde that sparked controversy in the Bar\u00e7a-Levante match. 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