{"id":6389,"date":"2025-10-02T00:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/robbery-of-barcelona-controversial-refereeing-decisions-against-psg_314911_102\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:29:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:29:34","slug":"robbery-of-barcelona-controversial-refereeing-decisions-against-psg_314911_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/champions-league\/robbery-of-barcelona-controversial-refereeing-decisions-against-psg_314911_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Robbery of Bar\u00e7a? The controversial refereeing decisions that harmed the ‘cul\u00e9s’ against PSG"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Oliver had a controversial refereeing performance in the Barcelona-PSG (1-2) match. The English referee and the Austrian Jarred Gillett, from VAR, made decisions that tipped the scales in favor of Luis Enrique’s team.<\/h2> \r\n
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FC Barcelona lost their first official match of the season against Paris Saint-Germain (1-2)<\/a>. In the most anticipated match of the league phase of the UEFA Champions League 2025\/26<\/strong>, Hansi Flick<\/strong>‘s team fell by a goal from Gon\u00e7alo Ramo<\/strong>s in the 90th minute.<\/p>

Although Luis Enrique’s team finished the match better, Michael Oliver’s refereeing clearly favored them in Montju\u00efc<\/strong>. The English referee let several cautions pass for a Parisian team that ended up with fewer cautioned players (2) than Bar\u00e7a despite committing 14 fouls (a couple more than the ‘cul\u00e9s’).<\/p>

The precedents for the ‘azulgrana’ team were not favorable, with only one victory in four matches refereed by the man from Ashington<\/a>. On Wednesday, Oliver’s criteria for cautioning and sanctioning fouls ended up clearly harming Flick’s team with two very controversial decisions, one of them with half an hour left to conclude the match.<\/p>

Penalty not called on Zabarnyi against Eric Garc\u00eda in the first half<\/h2>
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Zabarnyi and Eric Garc\u00eda in the play of the controversy<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>

The first controversy of the night in Montju\u00efc took place in the 27th minute. Eric Garc\u00eda fell inside the area while disputing a ball with central defender Illya Zabarnyi<\/strong>, after a corner favorable to the Catalans from the right side.<\/p>

The ‘6’ arrived a second late and managed to graze the foot of the ‘azulgrana’ defender<\/strong>, but Oliver waved play on, which led to a lateral foul by Rashford on Mbaye that was very dangerous for Luis Enrique’s team.<\/p>

The VAR, led by the Austrian Jarred Gillett<\/strong>, ratified Oliver’s decision not to sanction a penalty on Eirc. Zabarnyi’s challenge, at the very least, left doubts for the review, but there was no major complaint from the Bar\u00e7a players either.<\/p>

Red card forgiven to Nuno Mendes after a clear foul on Lamine Yamal<\/h2>
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Lamine Yamal and Nuno Mendes during the Bar\u00e7a-PSG match<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>

Afterwards, in the 60th minute, Michael Oliver decided, inexplicably, to forgive a clear yellow card to Nundo Mendes after bringing down Lamine Yamal at the edge of the area<\/strong>. In addition to being a very dangerous attack, the Portuguese was already cautioned at the time of committing the foul on the ’10’ ‘cul\u00e9’.<\/p>

The player from Matar\u00f3 had generated the yellow card for Nuno in the 44th minute<\/strong>, anticipating the full-back in a divided ball in the center of the field. The defender made a very clear charge and did not even dispute the card. Both fouls should have cost the ’25’ from Paris a red card, but Oliver kept the second yellow card by his own decision. In this case, the VAR could not intervene.<\/p>

Illegal goal by Gon\u00e7alo Ramos validated by the VAR<\/h2>
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Hakimi’s assist to Gon\u00e7alo Ramos in the Bar\u00e7a-PSG (1-2) match<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>

The main controversy of the day, by far the most serious, came in the 90th minute. Achraf Hakimi<\/strong> took advantage of a pass from Vitinha to break down the right and threw another filtered pass that left Gon\u00e7alo Ramos<\/strong> one-on-one against Szczesny, taking advantage of the usual advancement of the ‘azulgrana’ defense.<\/p>

The Portuguese international shot ‘Tek’ with a left-footed shot. The linesman considered that the ‘9’ was enabled at the time of the Moroccan’s pass, a decision ratified by the VAR. However, the frame of the transmission used by the semi-automatic was not correct<\/strong>.<\/p>

At the instant of the full-back’s strike, Ramos was half a step ahead of the line of the ball<\/strong>, so the goal should have been disallowed. With this goal, PSG took the 3 points and their third consecutive victory in Catalonia against Bar\u00e7a.<\/p>