Barcelona to Lodge an Official Complaint to UEFA Over Poor Refereeing Decisions During UCL Loss to Inter Milan

Barcelona to Lodge an Official Complaint to UEFA Over Poor Refereeing Decisions During UCL Loss to Inter Milan

Chukwu Ikechukwu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:13 PM
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  • Barcelona will be seeking redress from UEFA over some questionable refereeing decisions in their UEFA Champions League game against Inter Milan
  • The Catalan giants lost 1-0 to Inter but the game was highly overshadowed by some referee decisions that Barcelona are not happy with
  • Barcelona risk dropping to the Europa League after only amassing 3 points from their opening 3 games in the Champions League group stage

Barcelona are appalled by the refereeing decisions that happened in their shock 1-0 loss to Inter Milan in the Champions League and are set to take the matter to UEFA.

Hakan Calhanoglu’s first-half goal proved to be the difference between both sides as Barcelona succumbed to their second consecutive loss in the Champions League group stage.

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Barcelona had a goal disallowed and two penalty appeals thrown out by match officials in their loss against Inter Milan. Photo by Jonathan Moscrop
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Barcelona had a chalked off after Pedri’s strike was ruled out for handball while the referee also waved aside two penalty appeals from the Catalan giants in the game.

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According to Barca Universal, Barcelona are now preparing to file an official complaint to the European football governing body against the match officials over their poor handling of the game.

The La Liga giants risk being eliminated from the Champions League group stage for the second time in a row after amassing just 3 points from their opening 3 matches.

Xavi furiously calls out the referee after Barcelona's defeat

Meanwhile, Barcelona manager, Xavi Hernandez is furious with the match officials after they denied the Catalan giants a late penalty in their 1-0 loss to Inter Milan, Daily Mirror reports.

Ansu Fati appeared to be about to head a shot toward goal when Denzel Dumfries appeared to handle the ball. The game was stopped for a while VAR investigated the event, but no penalty was given.

The Barcelona boss described the loss as injustice, blaming the match officials as the reason the Catalans failed to secure a point against Inter Milan.

Angry Barca fans call Lewandowski useless

Earlier, Sports Brief reported Angry fans of FC Barcelona vented their spleen about Robert Lewandowski's silent performance against Inter Milan.

Lewandowski has been in red-hot form for the Blaugrana in the La Liga. However, he has failed to replicate his form in the Champions League.

The Polish goal monger continued his slow start to life in Europe's premier club tournament as he fired blank in Barca's loss to the Nerazzurri.

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Chukwu Ikechukwu
Chukwu Ikechukwu Godwin is a journalist with over 9 years of experience in the Nigerian media industry. He has worked both in Radio (Today FM, Rhythm FM, Wish FM) and Television (Silverbird TV) as a Sports Analyst..
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