Where it was the VAR? Like this it was penati demanded by Jordi Alba in front of the Seville

The RFEF does not want that it question the work and professionalism of the referee's body (with VAR incluído), but in the parties leave actions that generate embarrassment and finish being inexplicables to understand by his fault of intervention. In the party of gone of the semifinals of the Glass of Rey, between the FC Barcelona and Seville, in Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, in the second part the pressure of the culés to equalise the marker was evident and the players culés remained near of the area defended by Bono, but did not finish to concretise any of his opportunities.

In addition to the bad luck and the fault of puntería, neither helped that from the VAR ignored completely an action that could finish meaning the tie. When it passed the minute 72 of game, in the best moments of the Barça, Mateu Lahoz signalled an agarrón of Suso on Jordi Alba, just to the edge of the area. In the repetition, was more than evident that the infringement had committed inside the area and was not, but neither from VAR notified at all to the referee.

After the party, Lahoz explained the reason of his decision regarding the fault on the left side of the Barcelona group. The referee aimed that "the fault... It attaches him from the shoulder from out, is was. Inside the area no longer there is at all, does not finish inside", reason by which did not signal the maximum penalty in favour of the directed by Ronald Koeman.

"I do not know if it begins him to hold on to Alba inside or went... For this is the VAR that is the one who decides"

The action, of course, generated annoyance in the terrain and bench blaugrana, by what expressed publicly his complaints. Pedri González, in his back statements to the meeting, signalled that "I Think that there is a penalti. I do not know if it begins him to hold on to Alba inside or went... For this is the VAR that is the one who decides". The trainer of the Barça, Koeman also affirmed in press conference that there was lacking on Jordi Alba in the small area. The one of Zaandam questioned by the arbitration, affirmed that "all the world has said me that it is penalti. I have to believe to all the people that has said it and no only is people of the Barça. I do not know what happened and do not know why the VAR has not gone in".

The Barça needs to wake up

With penal or no, the reality is that the FC Barcelona had long to try a new traced back and was missing him the spirit and faith that there was mostraldo the team in front of the Granada and Real Betis in the last weeks. Unlike these parties, the Barça was not so enchufado, but also by the approach of the Seville and the changes that implemented Julen Lopetegui, with the marker in favour, in the second part.

Now the culés remain in a situation more than delicate and it will be necessary to achieve a traced back epic, that will not be at all easy by the big level that has showed the club of Nervión, that will not leave him options to the Barça when they find in the Camp Nou, at the beginning of the month of March.