Mateu forgave the expulsion to Jordi Alba, according to Iturralde González

The controversy has not been expected in El Clasico garter belt. Mateu Lahoz, referee of the match, admonished Jordi Alba in the 18th minute of the first half by a rifirrafe with Carvajal. Minutes later, the Blaugrana lost the ball in rival field and this was recovered by Fede Valverde, who the side would tear down. The action was not worthy of punishment for Mateu, but not for Iturralde González, arbitration specialist of the SER chain and of AS newspaper: “It is a foul, but he had to sanction the foul and second warning for the side “, says the former international collegiate.

Had the action been considered punishable, Barcelona would have stayed with ten players in the 34th minute of the match. Iturralde has apostilled that “According to the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA), the second yellow must be clearer than the first”, but considers that, despite not being excessive action, “it should have been pointed out.”