Barcelona Officials Puzzled and Disturbed Over Poor Officiating After Opening Day Draw Against Rayo Vallecano

• Barcelona officials are worried about the officiating in the club’s opening La Liga game against Rayo Vallecano on Saturday, August 13
• The Catalans were held to a goalless draw at the Camp Nou by Rayo Vallecano but the Catalan club’s board felt they should have had two penalties in the game
• Barcelona will next play Real Sociedad in matchday 2 of La Liga and will be hoping for a better result against their opponents

Barcelona officials have questioned the officiating in the Catalans goalless draw against Rayo Vallecano in their opening game of the 2022/23 La Liga campaign.

Center referee, Hernandez Hernandez has been criticized for his handling of the game as Barcelona officials felt he turned down two penalty decisions against the Catalan giants.

Real Sociedad player, Izi Palazon assaulted and wrestled Robert Lewandowski to the ground inside Rayo Vallecano in the first half, but the referee ignored it and allowed play to continue.

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According to Barca Universal, Hernandez’s officiating has left many Barcelona directors puzzled and disturbed as they believe his performance was nowhere near the expected levels.

Barcelona will now have to play catch-up to arch-rivals Real Madrid as they are presently 2 points behind the current La Liga champions after Los Blancos defeated Almeria in matchday 1.

Xavi wants more reinforcements at Barcelona

Meanwhile, Barcelona manager, Xavi Hernandez is not fully satisfied with the Catalans transfer business this summer and wants more additions before the transfer window closes Marca reports.

Barcelona has brought in 5 new players this summer including Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha but they were forced to a goalless draw in their first La Liga game against Rayo Vallecano.

Blaugrana are pushing to sign Chelsea left-back Marcos Alonso, Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva and a right-back before the close of the transfer window.

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Gerard Pique at loggerheads with Barcelona board

Earlier, Sports Brief reported Barcelona has hit a roadblock in their bid to convince club veteran, Gerard Pique to take a massive pay cut to help the Catalans register all its new players.

Pique is arguably angry at the Barcelona hierarchy after he was denied a business deal that could have seen his company purchase a percentage of Barcelona’s Barca studios.

Pique had an eye on buying the 24.5% stake in Barça Studios before the sale to Orpheus Media was finalized in the 4th economic lever for the Catalans.