Iturralde, on Lenglet's push before scoring: “They won't whistle it in the Champions League”

Lenglet opened the scoring for Barcelona-Napoli by finishing off a corner kick taken in the 9th minute. The Frenchman helped Demme with a push to gain strength in the zone and be able to finish off. The referee Cuneyt Çakir did not consider the action of the center-back punishable and gave the goal as valid. The referee of As y la Ser, Iturralde González, considers that the referee of the match was right.

“There is a push from Lenglet, but that today they will not whistle in the Champions League. Football is about contact. You have to be strong in the area. That here is whistled for lack”, Iturralde analyzed. In the 30th minute, Cuneyt Çakir annulled Messi 3-0 at the hands of the Argentine. However, Iturralde does not coincide in this action with the referee's decision: “I still don't see what hits him. It goes from the chest down, the hand being an objective fact does not have to go to the referee to see it on the screen. “In addition, about the penalty to Messi sanctioned to Koulibaly, Iturralde said:” It is a very clear penalty. Messi puts his leg in front of him and Koulibaly hits him. “The ex-referee also observes how well Rakitic's penalty to Mertens was awarded.” It's clear, “he says.