According to the Barça, the "pressure of the means" influenced with Neymar

The FC Barcelona has decided to not to remain quiet after knowing that his attacker Neymar Júnior has been sanctioned with three meetings by part of the Committee of Competition of the RFEF. A sanction that will prevent to the Barcelona forward be the next 23 April in the Classical in front of the Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabéu.

In the appeal that makes the Barcelona entity, the Barça reports "incidentally" his "worry by the clear and unacceptable pressure by part of some media, to effects to prevent that this Committee can resolve with razonabilidad the question posed, when existing an unambiguous interest in the public opinion to the effect that the player could not contest 'the corresponding meeting to the classical'".

The Barça defends to the eleven regarding that there is not at all that it show the contempt to the fourth referee after his sanction, with this applause that will be the one who finally has weighed. "Sure enough, it made the gesture to applaud in the moment in which it withdrew of the field, not being however exact the literalidad of the record, when signalling that 'directed ', as the player did not pronounce word any, neither warned, neither shouted, neither touched, neither of any another way alluded with words or gestures to the estamento referee's, limiting his action to applaud".

And it is that for the Barça Neymar "does not protest decision any, withdraws to the changing room and the applause that makes, is interpreted by the fourth referee that directs to his person, not having however a lot felt such action, since in that moment the fourth referee had not adopted decision any".

The applause of Neymar, a desperate reaction after his expulsion

The conclusion of the Barcelona is the following: "The applause could interpret like a desperate reaction of the player like consequence of his expulsion, even like a watched disconformidad with the criterion of referee's decisions adopted during the party, but no like a personalised gesture to the fourth referee". Finally, they confirm that "any intention or spirit of injuriar, offend, discredit or desconsiderar to the referee".