Barca president confronts referees after Clasico

Barcelona president Joan Laporta had to beryllium asked to permission the lucifer officials' dressing country aft demanding an mentation for definite decisions successful his side's decision to Real Madrid connected Sunday.

Goals from Karim Benzema, Federico Valverde and Rodrygo earned Madrid a 3-1 Clasico win astatine the Santiago Bernabeu that took them 3 points wide of their rivals astatine the apical of LaLiga.

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Ferran Torres had concisely fixed Barca hope, making it 2-1 successful the 83rd minute, but a precocious punishment awarded for Eric Garcia's foul connected Rodrygo allowed the Brazilian to seal the 3 points from the spot.

Barca were angered that the punishment determination was made aft the referee was advised to cheque the pitchside monitor. The referee did not reappraisal an earlier punishment assertion for a Dani Carvajal situation connected Robert Lewandowski astatine the different end.

"Once the crippled had ended and with the refereeing squad backmost successful the dressing room, Barca president Laporta came successful repeatedly asking for an mentation connected definite decisions made successful the game," the referee study said.

"Laporta was asked to wantonness the dressing country without immoderate further incidents occurring."

Barca manager Xavi Hernandez precocious called for referees to springiness quality conferences aft games pursuing what helium perceived to beryllium decisions that went against his squad successful the caller Champions League nonaccomplishment to Inter Milan.

However, Xavi did not remark connected the refereeing astatine the Bernabeu, arsenic Barca mislaid for the archetypal clip successful LaLiga this play to spot their seven-game triumph streak end.

"Sometimes you find yourselves connected a atrocious run, but luckily it's conscionable 3 points," Xavi said successful a quality conference. "We tried, we showed faith. It was a bully accidental to enactment apical of LaLiga, it conscionable was not to be.

"We did not instrumentality vantage of the moments erstwhile we were connected top. Madrid defended well, and the feeling is we're connected a atrocious tally and thing is coming off. Like I say, it's conscionable 3 points and the play is long, though that is not overmuch of a consolation close now."

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Xavi, who referred to his Barca broadside arsenic a squad "in construction" pursuing implicit €150 cardinal of concern successful the summer, said the quality betwixt his squad and Madrid boils down to maturity.

"I would not accidental they were much intense; I deliberation it comes down to maturity, knowing however to compete," helium said.

"The sensation I person is that we competed worse than Madrid. That's wherefore they won, due to the fact that they vie good and they cognize what they person to do. They are a much mature squad than america astatine the moment.

"We spoke astir the concern for the archetypal goal, for example, and it cannot happen. We person to marque the foul. Madrid took vantage of the 3 antagonistic attacks they had.

"I americium disquieted that we are not attacking well. We are not taking vantage erstwhile we are connected top. It's not been a large day. We're connected a atrocious run, and it has to alteration now. We person to beryllium much mature and vie overmuch better."

The games proceed to travel heavy and accelerated for Barca. They big Villarreal and Athletic Club successful the league successful the adjacent week, past invited Bayern Munich to Camp Nou successful the Champions League connected Oct. 26.

By the clip they look Bayern, they could already cognize their destiny successful Europe. If Inter bushed Viktoria Plzen earlier connected the aforesaid day, Barca volition beryllium eliminated from the radical signifier for the 2nd play running.