Benfica and Barcelona played a great match in the Champions League on Tuesday (21). Turning around and in stoppage time, the Spanish club came away with a 5-4 victory. However, the coach of the Portuguese club, Bruno Lage, the referee made a huge mistake by not awarding a foul to Fermín López on Barreiro, which would have been a penalty to favor of the team in the match.
Bruno Lage, Benfica coach. (Photo by Carlos Rodrigues/Getty Images/onefootball)
“So I have to analyze the game and look at what happened in stoppage time… I think it’s a huge mistake by the referee. I don’t speak for myself, for the fans, but I already realized that all the experts would clearly give the penalty. The fact is that the referee has to have a similar criterion in relation to penalties for Barcelona. If you marked others, you must mark this one”, he said.
Furthermore, Benfica’s coach commented on Barcelona’s last goal. In fact, the move took place after this foul claimed by Bruno. In stoppage time, Barça scored the fifth in a counterattack well finished by Brazilian Raphinha.
-“We cannot allow a Barcelona player to run halfway across the field to score a goal. The feeling is one of enormous frustration with the result, but enormous pride in the team’s performance, in seeing the Benfica family supporting the team from start to finish. When we score four goals and look at how we conceded, there is a feeling of frustration”, he stated.
With the result, Benfica did not score any points in this round and is in 18th place in the 2024/25 Champions League league stage table, with 10 points.
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