the return of Barcelona-Eintracht of quarterfinals of Europe League It started with controversy. He was running minute 3 of the match when Eric Garcia grabbed Lindstrom inside the area. the portuguese referee Artur Soares signaled a penalty. A decision with which Iturralde González, arbitration analyst for AS and Carrusel, fully agreed: “What is the problem? That he has him grabbed above the shoulders, the referee sees that he throws him back and it is a penalty. Eric García cannot grab him over his shoulder and go back”. However, for Iturralde the penalty had to be repeated: “In the penalty there is an invasion of the area by an attacker and the penalty should have been repeated, it is not a VAR action since the player who enters does not take an active part in the action. It is a play that the referees have forgotten, when it is very clear. If the referees are very demanding when the goalkeepers are one centimeter ahead, they should be just as demanding when there is an invasion by defenders and attackers.”
The defender of Barcelona He saw a yellow card that, in case of going to the semifinals, would prevent him from playing the first leg. Kostic He did not miss the launch from eleven meters and put the Frankfurt team ahead at the Camp Nou.