In the 2022-23 season Champions League group stage group, Bayern Munich , Inter Milan and Barcelona were assigned to the same group to form the terrible death group! Inter Milan has poor signing luck. For several consecutive seasons, they either encountered Real Madrid or Barcelona . As a result, they basically lost more and won less. The prestige of the 2010 Champions League champion was gone, but the feng shui took turns. This time, Nerazzurri defeated Barcelona with one goal at home, and scored a key three-pointer, squeezing Barcelona to the third place in the group!
away 0-1, causing Barcelona to fall out of the promotion zone after the three-round group stage, losing to Bayern and Inter Milan in succession, and also made coach Xavi lose his face. This offseason team spent so much money to build the lineup, and in the end, it may still play Europa League like last season. The angry Xavi pointed the finger at the referee on duty, believing that his misjudgment led to the team's defeat!
Xavi bombarded the referee, mainly focusing on two places. The first was Inter Milan midfielder Calhanolu flying tackles Barcelona midfielder Busquets in the 69th minute. Xavi thought this was a red card action, but the referee only gave one yellow card; the second was in the injury stoppage time, Barcelona players made a cross from the wing, Inter Milan player Dumfries was suspected to be handball in the penalty area, but the referee did not award a penalty in the end!
Have was furious about the referee and said bluntly that the penalty was unfair at the post-match press conference, hoping to get a reasonable explanation. It is worth mentioning thatHave also complained that the referee received a yellow card during the game when he watched VAR!
Whether the referee's penalty is biased towards Inter Milan, which plays at home, and suppresses the visiting team Barcelona everywhere, this question remains to be discussed, but through this game, Xavi also truly felt the helplessness of being dominated by unreasonable punishment. 13 years ago in 2009, Xavi participated in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals known as the " Stamford Bridge Tragedy ". At this moment, he finally realized the anger in the hearts of Drogba, Barack, Hiddink and others back then!
hour hand turned back to May 8, 2009, in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals held at Stamford Bridge Stadium in London, the first leg of the two sides fought in Camp Nou to 0-0. As soon as the second leg was opened, Chelsea took the lead by midfielder Essin with a flying fairy goal from the sky, pushing the visiting team Barcelona to the brink of being eliminated! The game then entered the time of the referee Henning performance. He blew away several suspected penalty kicks from the home team Chelsea, including Drogba being tackled by Abidal and Yaya Toure in the penalty area, and the handballs in the penalty area of Pique and Etoo in the penalty area, which caused great dissatisfaction among the home team. Henning's control made Chelsea unable to further expand the score, and was eventually tied by Iniesta , bid farewell to the Champions League stage of the season with hatred, leaving endless regrets!
After the game, the Chelsea coach and players were excited and angrily criticized the referee Henning's injustice. The lack of a clear standard caused great controversy in Henning's penalty. The statement of black whistle was also rampant. Although Barcelona fans strongly denied the statement of black whistle after winning the game, public opinion still favored the statement that "Chelsea encountered black whistle"!
After losing in the 2008 Champions League final, the defeat in the 2009 Champions League final also caused Chelsea’s golden generation to disintegrate, and the once famous Iron Blood Blues fell apart!
Xavi's anger is understandable, but the Barcelona man once swears that "misjudgment is also part of football." The key is how to lose such a luxurious lineup to Serie A , the ninth-ranked team is the issue that Xavi should review the most!
