Xavi spotted complaining to referee about penalty at half-time!

Barcelona had a great first hald in Munich, but ended up losing 2-0 to Bayern. Lucas Hernandez and Sane managed to put the ball in the net, something which Barca were unable to do. However, on the stroke of half-time, things could have changed. 

Ousmane Dembele got into the area, very close to the right hand touchline and then went down under contact from Alphonse Davies. For Danny Makkelie, it was not a penalty, but play was halted for a few seconds for the VAR to check the incident. 

Pol van Boekel, the VAR agreed with Makkelie's on-field decision and play resumed. A few minutes later, while the teams were going into the dressing rooms for half-time, Xavi Hernandez criticised the referee.

'Vamos' cameras spotted Xavi going down the steps to talk to the referee. He later revealed in a press conference that he asked the referee to be honest about the penalty decision. However, funnily enough, Xavi said in comments to 'Movistar Liga de Campeones' after the final whistle that he had still not seen the controversial incident. 

 

September 14, 2022