{"id":60798,"date":"2026-01-18T23:18:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/var-and-woodwork-sour-fc-barcelona-night-at-anoeta-2-1_315784_102\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:34:00","slug":"var-and-woodwork-sour-fc-barcelona-night-at-anoeta-2-1_315784_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/var-and-woodwork-sour-fc-barcelona-night-at-anoeta-2-1_315784_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Real Sociedad 2-1 Barcelona: VAR and woodwork ignite LaLiga at Anoeta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real Sociedad defeated Bar\u00e7a (2-1) in a controversial match that was difficult for the clearly superior Blaugrana team to digest, going unrewarded for the second consecutive season at Anoeta<\/h2> \r\n
\r\n \r\n \r\n Calendar of FC Barcelona <\/a>\r\n<\/div>

A total of 23 shots, 9 of them on target, were not enough for FC Barcelona<\/strong> to salvage at least 1 point from their visit to Real Sociedad<\/strong> (2-1). Three disallowed goals and five shots hitting the post, in addition to a brilliant performance by \u00c1lex Remiro<\/strong> with 8 saves, left the Catalan team empty-handed on a matchday full of controversy<\/p>

The Catalans went into halftime trailing after a first half dominated by VAR<\/a>. Two highly controversial goals disallowed for Bar\u00e7a and a goal by Mikel Oyarzabal<\/strong> preceded by a foul infuriated Flick’s team after 45 minutes of clear superiority marred by highly disputed refereeing<\/p>

In the second half, Marcus Rashford<\/strong> equalized in the 70th minute, but Gon\u00e7alo Guedes<\/strong>, a minute later, restored the home team’s lead. In the end, the match finished 2-1, a result that has nothing to do with the flow of the game and was clearly influenced by the referee’s decisions<\/p>

Controversial goal disallowed for Ferm\u00edn at the start of the match<\/h2>

Hansi Flick recovered his star midfield, with Frenkie de Jong, Pedri Gonz\u00e1lez, and Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3pez<\/strong> from the start. Dani Olmo<\/strong> took Raphinha<\/a><\/strong>‘s place as a left winger, while Eric Garc\u00eda<\/strong> returned to the center of defense. <\/p>

The match began at a frantic pace. **Mikel Oyarzabal**, clearly offside, scored before the first minute was up. Immediately after, Bar\u00e7a came close to a 0-1 with a counter-attack led by **Lamine Yamal** and finished with a high header from **Pedri**, after a short rebound from **\u00c1lex Remiro** to a shot from the ‘8’ as he entered the box.In the 7th minute, however, the scoring would open. **An interception by Olmo on Kubo** left Ferm\u00edn free in the middle, well-positioned to unleash a powerful right-footed shot, unstoppable for Remiro<\/p>

The Real protested a supposed foul by Dani<\/a> on the Japanese striker and, after the VAR call, Jes\u00fas Gil Manzano decided to disallow the goal for a very questionable stomp by the ’20’ from Bar\u00e7a<\/p>

Lamine Yamal also had no luck with VAR<\/h2>
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Lamine Yamal offside against Real Sociedad<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>

Bar\u00e7a maintained possession and continued to threaten the opponent’s area. Ferm\u00edn, with a cross, almost set up Olmo in the 15th minute, but the pass was too powerful. Frenkie de Jong<\/strong>, in the 21st minute, scored after a great pass from Pedri, but the Dutchman was clearly offside.<\/p>

**Lamine Yamal’s offside call** in the 27th minute would be much tighter. The ’10’ took advantage of a loose ball inside the box after a dispute between Igor Zubeldia and Jules Kound\u00e9 to unleash a powerful shot past Remiro.The player from Matar\u00f3 had his right foot ahead at the start of the play, but **it was not clear if the ball came from a touch by Zubeldia or Kound\u00e9** to set up the shot for Lamine. After a couple of minutes of review, Del Cerro Grande confirmed the initial decision: offside and possession for La Real.<\/p>

Mikel Oyarzabal put Real ahead with ‘help’ from the referee<\/h2>

In the 32nd minute, the first goal of the match finally came, in favor of Real Sociedad. **A steal by Jon Aramburu on Dani Olmo, with a clear push from the full-back on the midfielder**, led to a cross from **Gon\u00e7alo Guedes** from the right that Oyarzabal, on the volley, finished first-time to put the home side ahead.<\/p>

Hansi Flick and Marcus Sorg asked for a review of the foul on Olmo, but this time there was no call from Carlos del Cerro Grande to Gil Manzano. The VAR once again played a leading role in stoppage time, pointing out Lamine’s offside position prior to a clear penalty by Zubeldia<\/strong> on the ’10’. Bar\u00e7a was clearly superior, but went into halftime down 1-0 at Anoeta.<\/p>

\u274c\u26bd\ufe0f THREE GOALS DISALLOWED FOR FC BARCELONA IN 21 MINUTES! pic.twitter.com\/ACqC2bJipk<\/a><\/p> \u2014 DAZN F\u00fatbol (@DAZNFutbol) January 18, 2026<\/a> <\/blockquote>

Posts and Remiro saved Real Sociedad in the second half<\/h2>

The pace after the break remained extremely high. Oyarzabal warned with a shot across goal that went slightly wide, while Dani Olmo hit the post twice in consecutive minutes, the second after a miraculous save by Remiro.<\/p>

La Real struggled in defense, but Remiro<\/strong> did enough to preserve the clean sheet. In the 51st minute, the Basque goalkeeper was once again the star with a great save against Ferran Torres<\/strong>, who shot freely near the penalty spot, but his effort was too central.<\/p>

In the 62nd minute, Hansi Flick made a substitution, bringing on **Marcus Rashford**, **Robert Lewandowski**, and debutant Joao Cancelo<\/a> for Olmo, Ferran, and Balde, respectively. In the 65th minute, ‘Lewy’ almost scored with a header after a perfect cross from Yamal, but Remiro made an incredible save, sending the ball to the crossbar<\/p>

Rashford equalized, but Guedes immediately restored the home advantage<\/h2>
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Marcus Rashford scored the 1-1 in the 70th minute<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>

In the 70th minute, Barcelona could finally celebrate a goal they had deserved for a long time. **Lamine, with another cross from his left ‘glove’, set up Rashford**, who headed past Remiro’s resistance to make it 1-1.<\/p>

However, the joy lasted less than a minute for the blaugrana side. After kicking off, a long ball surprised Kound\u00e9 and Carlos Soler went through alone on the left. Joan Garc\u00eda saved the midfielder’s powerful shot, but the ball fell to Gon\u00e7alo Guedes and the Portuguese player finished into an empty net<\/p>

La Real, after the 2-1, launched into attack. Oyarzabal <\/strong>wasted an incredible headed chance in the 73rd minute and Barrenetxea <\/strong>nearly scored again into an empty net in the 75th, but Cubars\u00ed cleared off the line with his head. <\/p>

Bar\u00e7a had ten minutes of confusion<\/strong>, but in the 84th minute, a great cross from Cancelo almost made it 2-2, were it not for another goal-saving crossbar for Real. Kound\u00e9 headed at will between the center-backs, but the post sent the ball back into Remiro’s hands.<\/p>

Bitter defeat for Bar\u00e7a at Anoeta for the second consecutive season<\/h2>

Just after, Flick brought on Roony Bardghji and Gerard Mart\u00edn<\/strong> for Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3pez and Pau Cubars\u00ed. Cancelo moved to the right flank and Frenkie de Jong dropped to the center alongside Eric Garc\u00eda, with Bar\u00e7a completely pushed forward in attack.<\/p>

In the 87th minute, **a nasty tackle by Carlos Soler on Pedri** resulted in the expulsion of the ’18’ from San Sebasti\u00e1n, after VAR alerted Gil Manzano. Already in stoppage time, another post saved the home side, this time from a corner from the left served by Rashford<\/p>

The Catalan siege was total in the nine minutes added by Gil Manzano, with a ‘txuri-urdin’ team physically exhausted and numerically disadvantaged. However, Bar\u00e7a lacked clarity to even score the equalizer and, for the second consecutive season, leaves San Sebasti\u00e1n empty-handed.<\/p>

Now, **Bar\u00e7a is the leader with only a 1-point advantage over Real Madrid** after 21 matchdays. Next week, the Catalans host Oviedo<\/a> (Sunday, 16:15) and the Whites visit Villarreal (Saturday, 21:00 CEST)<\/p>

Match Report: Real Sociedad 2-1 FC Barcelona<\/h2>