Athletic, outraged after Barça's visit: "The VAR cannot enter like this..."

The victory of the FC Barcelona in Saint Mamés has not remained free of controversy and in the Athletic Club have commissioned to complain openly by the performance of Gil Manzano, main referee, and his assistants in the VAR, especially by the goal cancelled to Iñaki Williams to fault of three minutes for the end. In Bilbao the indignation is maximum, because they understand that the target is entirely legal.

Although Gil Manzano had given the goal to the ones of Ernesto Valverde, from the VAR warned him of a hand of Iker Muniain in the beginning of the played. In the Athletic understand that the hand is not clear neither manifesta as to cancel the goal because Frenkie of Jong also was contesting the balloon with the foot in high. They have criticised, duramente, that the technology took part when it was the referee the one who had to decide without warning.

In the Athletic do not understand the decision of Gil Manzano

After the party in Saint Mamés, several protagonists of the Athletic complained publicly of the decision of the main referee. Ernesto Valverde, trainer of the team, left a very hard message: "it Is something that moves away of the real football. I have seen askance the image in television...And I do not know it. In any case, is equal. It is not if it gives him more or less in the shoulder or in the arm, is question of what is the football and of what is not it", began saying.

The exazulgrana did reference to that "the VAR is to correct flagrant errors, if the balloon goes in or there is a penalti, but that call to the referee by a played that has occurred five previous passes... It has touched us to us and other times will touch him to others. It is complicated that in the field do not see at all and somebody do it somebody with one looks telescopic in another place", adding that "it is not because it have happened us to us, is because it can happen to any one".

"It is difficult to celebrate any goal", complain

The 'Txingurri' has not been the only in complaining , because his players also have gone out to defend to the team. Of Marcos, for example, has spoken on the goal cancelled to Iñaki Williams and of all the times that have cancelled them goals in this season: "Nowadays it is difficult to celebrate any goal. The goal cancelled to Iñaki has been a played a bit doubtful, this is what say those that have seen it", signalled.

Balenziaga Has been the one who has loaded with more hardness, complaining that the VAR is not to take part in played like the one of this Sunday in Saint Mamés: "The VAR can not go in in played like this. I think that it removes a lot regarding show. All want to see a faster football. The VAR very used is a very good tool, but no as it has done this time".