{"id":60196,"date":"2025-05-11T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/robbery-in-clasico-all-controversies-of-1st-half-of-barca-madrid_312571_102\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:33:58","slug":"robbery-in-clasico-all-controversies-of-1st-half-of-barca-madrid_312571_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/robbery-in-clasico-all-controversies-of-1st-half-of-barca-madrid_312571_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Robbery in the Cl\u00e1sico! All the controversies of the 1st half of Bar\u00e7a-Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"
Real Madrid took just 4 minutes to tip the scales in their favor in the Cl\u00e1sico. The Whites went 0-2 up in the opening quarter of an hour thanks to a double by Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 preceded by two refereeing errors<\/strong>, one from VAR and one from the main Alejandro Hern\u00e1ndez Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a>.<\/p> Bar\u00e7a’s fears about the telematic meeting that the Arrecife judge held, just 48 hours before the match, with members of the Technical Committee of Referees, Javier Tebas and some Madrid directors, had a very quick effect on the Cl\u00e1sico.<\/p> In the 3rd minute, the Canary Islands referee sanctioned a penalty by Wojciech Szczesny on Madrid’s ‘9’ preceded by a clear offside by the French international. The referee waited for confirmation from the VOR room and, finally, Munuera Montero, in charge of the VAR, gave the ‘ok’ to the striker’s position<\/strong>.<\/p> However, the images from the television broadcast showed that, at the moment of the through ball by Fede Valverde, Mbapp\u00e9 was slightly ahead of Dani Olmo<\/strong>, who had retreated behind I\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez and Pau Cubars\u00ed to lend a hand in the marking.<\/p> To make matters worse, LaLiga never showed the semi-automatic VAR image to corroborate the position of the ‘merengue’ striker<\/strong>. After the penalty was validated, Kylian chose to kick across with a powerful right-footed shot.<\/p> Szczesny managed to touch the ball, but the shot had just enough power and placement to leave the Pole with no options. With that goal, ‘Kiki’ equaled Robert Lewandowski<\/strong> at the top of the LaLiga scoring charts.<\/p> In the 14th minute, Madrid went 0-2 up with another goal from Mbapp\u00e9<\/strong>, who this time took advantage of a through ball from Vinicius to get away from Cubars\u00ed in a run and finish in the one-on-one against Szczesny.<\/p> The Brazilian’s assist was preceded by a clear stamp by Fede Valverde on Lamine Yamal<\/strong> overlooked by Hern\u00e1ndez Hern\u00e1ndez and the linesman.<\/p> The Canary Islands referee had the play in front of him<\/strong>, so the VAR only intervened to review the striker’s position. Curiously, this time there was an image of the semi-automatic VAR in the play.<\/p> Bar\u00e7a players talk with referee Hern\u00e1ndez Hern\u00e1ndez during the Cl\u00e1sico (4-3)<\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> Despite the refereeing favors, Bar\u00e7a crushed Madrid’s defense with a brutal comeback. Hansi Flick’s side scored 4 goals in 26 minutes to turn the game around before half-time<\/strong>, thanks to goals from Eric Garc\u00eda, Lamine Yamal and a double from Raphinha.<\/p> Before the second goal from the Brazilian winger, in the 36th minute, Hern\u00e1ndez Hern\u00e1ndez spared Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni a clear red card for a foul on Ferran Torres<\/strong>. The Frenchman was the last man, but the referee only showed him the yellow card, claiming that the ‘Shark’ was not heading towards the area, but towards the side.<\/p> Even with a scandalous performance from the referees, Barcelona once again crushed the ‘merengue’ defense with 4 goals that now total 16 in the four Cl\u00e1sicos played so far. Against everything and everyone, the ‘cul\u00e9s’ are moving firmly towards the Liga title.<\/p> Okay, here’s the translation of the provided Spanish text into English, maintaining the HTML structure:<\/p> – Mbapp\u00e9’s goal was offside The controversies, however, did not cease in the second half of the Bar\u00e7a-Madrid match. Although the officials correctly disallowed another goal by Raphinha in the 53rd minute for an earlier offside by Lamine, in the 80th minute, with the score already 4-3 after Mbapp\u00e9’s third goal, Hern\u00e1ndez Hern\u00e1ndez refused to award a blatant penalty for Tchouam\u00e9ni’s handball<\/strong>.<\/p> The Frenchman, who had been fortunate to avoid a red card before halftime, deflected a shot from Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3pez with his left arm near the penalty spot. The handball was punishable, as his arm was extended away from his body and deflected a ball that was heading towards the goal<\/strong>.<\/p> What was most baffling is that Munuera Montero, from the VOR room, called the head referee to review the play, and the latter, after looking at the monitor, decided not to award the penalty and instead called a subsequent foul by Ferm\u00edn, for which the player from Huelva was booked.<\/p> The ’16’ would once again be at the center of attention in stoppage time, after scoring a wonder goal that was disallowed for an accidental handball<\/strong> while dispossessing Valverde near the touchline. The rules state that if a player touches the ball with their hand before scoring, the goal must be disallowed.<\/p> In that instance, VAR made the right call, but clearly, the refereeing performance in El Cl\u00e1sico was woeful, with multiple errors that tipped the scales in favor of Real Madrid. Even so, Bar\u00e7a secured a victory that is worth half the La Liga title.<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It took Madrid just three minutes to tamper with the La Liga Cl\u00e1sico. Mbapp\u00e9 scored twice in the opening quarter of an hour thanks to two glaring refereeing errors Real Madrid took just 4 minutes to tip the scales in their favor in the Cl\u00e1sico. The Whites went 0-2 up in the opening quarter of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":347,"featured_media":60209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_nextfly_llmd_date_locked":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,448],"tags":[53,46,190,194],"class_list":["post-60196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-laliga","category-laliga-2","tag-el-clasico","tag-fc-barcelona-vs-real-madrid","tag-referees","tag-var"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe VAR omitted a very clear offside by Mbapp\u00e9 prior to the penalty<\/h2>
Mbapp\u00e9’s double preceded by a clear foul on Lamine Yamal<\/h2>
Brutal comeback from Bar\u00e7a despite the refereeing errors<\/h2>

Hern\u00e1ndez Hern\u00e1ndez’s disastrous performance worsened in the second half<\/h2>
– Foul prior to Mbapp\u00e9’s goal
– Tchouam\u00e9ni spared a red card
– Clear penalty not given to Bar\u00e7a
\u201cNegreira is more alive than ever\u201d pic.twitter.com\/Lw8nDWu272<\/a><\/p> \u2014 nenn (fan) (@FCB_nenn) May 11, 2025<\/a> <\/blockquote> <\/div>