The Valencia complained, through Gayà and of Bordalás, that the defeat at the Camp Nou had a lot to do with the penalty called at the edge of the break. Certainly, the first half of the Extremaduran referee Jesus Gil Manzano it was a festival of mistakes. In ten seconds he already missed a blow to the face of Maxi Gomez a Busquets. Then, the Uruguayan hit two more times in the face of Pique and one in the jaw of De Jong. Until the fourth time Maxi He put his elbow out for a walk Gil Manzano he did not show him the yellow one.
For much less, but due to repeated faults, he had already shown it to Gavi In minute 20. With the young man he had less patience. But we were in the first minute. Great collective play of the Barça. From Dest a Gavi, from Gavi a Ansu that ends at the door, deflects Foulquier and the ball is about to become a goal. The referee awards the goal kick. Neither Cillessen seemed to understand. From there, a nonsense until the penalty play, which could seem so on the field but the VAR did not help him, by not rectifying him.
Another issue was the added time. Only in the first corner, that of the goal of Gayà, the Valencia it took 40 seconds to get the ball into play. The two times the masseuse came in, he stayed for more than a minute. With the penalty, the VAR verdict took 2 minutes… Total added time of the first half? Two minutes. The usual: the League against the show.
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