The controversy was the protagonist of the final of the Copa del Rey From hours before starting the match. The press conference offered by the referees on Friday turned on the spark of the tense, and The decisions of the field judges did not go unnoticed during the meeting.
The first controversial action arrived in the 16th minute, when Barça was still sought to open the score. In a vertiginous play, Raphinha looked for a auctioneer with a dangerous satin center, but Ferran Torres was unable to culminate. The coverage work, performed by Fede Valverde, led the Uruguayan to make an entrance, touching the ball with your hand. She was not punished with penalty, since, in the opinion of the collegiate, I was in a natural position.
At the edge of the break, Vinícius launched a deep uncheck, and received the ball in the race, entering the rival area. The final control left long, but still pursuing the ball, He was shot down by a hard entry of Iñigo Martínez. De Burgos Bengoetxea pointed out the punishment point, but the penalty was invalidated by a clear offside correctly indicated by the line and reaffirmed by the VAR.
The whites emboldened in the second half, already with Mbappé on the pitch. In one of the first moves after the costume pass, the Frenchman enabled Vinícius, who cut and sucks with the left leg. A concatenation of rebounds culminated with a Heel from the ground of Gerard Martín, and the Polish goalkeeper captured the leather with his hands. He claimed assignment Real Madridbut the collegiate did not understand it.
A few minutes later, Mbappé executed a spectacular dribble and headed towards the opposite goal, although when trying to shoot, it was Disadrupa by a Jong Frenkie agar. The Madrid players protested when they saw the color of the cardboard: yellow. Between choirs of the white fans, which sang “Corruption in the Federation”The Dorsal ‘9’ scored the direct foul, relieving the monumental anger of his team.
With just a few seconds of discount time in the second part to be disputed, The collegiate pointed out the penalty spot after an action by Asencio and Raphinha. The Brazilian faced, and the canary tried to intervene, although in the repetitions no contact was appreciated. The VAR called the field judge, who ended up canceling the maximum penalty that practically sentenced Barça’s victory in 90 minutes, so the match went to extension.
When Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea a lack of whites when they already lost in extra time, Antonio Rüdiger launched an undetermined object to the pitch In protest, which earned him direct expulsion. The defense then lost the papers, and had to be held by several members of the Madrid coaching staffsince he headed towards the referee. Meanwhile, the German tried to take an ice bag, which ended up scattered on the grass.
