{"id":118177,"date":"2025-10-06T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/mateu-lahoz-criticizes-araujo-penalty-in-sevilla-barcelona_314956_102\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:35:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:35:37","slug":"mateu-lahoz-criticizes-araujo-penalty-in-sevilla-barcelona_314956_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/mateu-lahoz-criticizes-araujo-penalty-in-sevilla-barcelona_314956_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Mateu Lahoz explodes over Araujo penalty: “I haven’t seen something so serious in a long time”"},"content":{"rendered":"
FC Barcelona<\/strong> suffered a heavy defeat in their visit to Sevilla<\/strong> (4-1), a match where the Sevillians, although superior in the first half, managed to tip the scales in their favor thanks to a non-existent penalty by Ronald Araujo on Isaac Romero<\/a>. Former Bar\u00e7a player Alexis S\u00e1nchez<\/strong> was in charge of opening the scoring in the 13th minute, executing a penalty sanctioned thanks to VAR.<\/p> Initially, the referee Alejandro Mu\u00f1iz Ruiz<\/strong> had allowed play to continue, but Carlos del Cerro Grande<\/strong>, from VAR, called him to review the alleged foul by the Bar\u00e7a defender and captain. Although it was a normal tussle, the main referee chose to penalize the takedown by the ‘4’ of the ‘cul\u00e9s’, who was also cautioned for protesting.<\/p> In this regard, the former Spanish international referee, Mateu Lahoz<\/strong>, criticized the decision of Mu\u00f1iz Ruiz and Del Cerro for whistling a penalty that he considers absurd. In a conversation on the program ‘Tiempo de juego<\/a>‘ on the ‘COPE’ network, Lahoz assured that Isaac Romero simulated Araujo’s knockdown with a “salmon leap<\/strong>“.<\/p> “For me, the salmon is when you jump, right? With both feet towards wherever you want<\/strong>. It can slip away from you on the field, because your situation, your location, isn’t good,” the former Valencian referee began by saying.<\/p> In that regard, he added: “it’s not that I haven’t been awarded a penalty, it’s that it’s been a long time since I’ve seen something so serious<\/strong>.” According to the VAR protocol for 25\/26, the assistant in the VOR room should only intervene in obvious situations. The criteria, therefore, is “minimum intervention, maximum benefit<\/strong>.”<\/p> Alejandro Mu\u00f1iz had already signaled for a goal kick. In that context, Carlos del Cerro should not have intervened. For his part, Eduardo Iturralde Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> also asserted that it was a judgment call and, for him, there was only a struggle.<\/p> “The two grab each other and, when the Sevilla player feels the contact, he throws himself forward<\/strong>. It’s a play of judgment and the referee has interpreted it as a penalty,” Iturralde pointed out on the ‘Carrusel Deportivo’ program of the ‘SER’ network.<\/p>
Mateu Lahoz believes Araujo’s penalty “was very serious”<\/h2>

Irrulade Gonz\u00e1lez agrees: Araujo’s penalty was invented<\/h2>