FC manager Barcelona Hansi Flick Poldy judge Szymon Marciniak after the semifinals of the team league. Barcelona lost 3-4 for Inter Milan in the second stage of the competition in the unforgettable tie in San Siro on Tuesday 6 May.
In a high intensity game, Barcelona defended herself from 0-2 down, as well as in the first stage of the competition, but was returned to the later goal. On Tuesday, there were several 50-50 calls against Barcelona, which ripped off at a press conference after the match.
Inter Milan prevented the Catalans from achieving the first Champions League finals in ten years after the next goal of domestic substitute David Frattesi. Barca thought they had victory in the bag when he was screaming back from two goals to get 3-2 leads with Raphinh in the 87th minute, but the hosts would match the Francesco Acerbi, in the added time to stay alive.
While Flick did not mention what inflexions were, the Barcelona coach was seen in two decisions – one against Pau Cubarsi, who resulted in a punishment against Barcelona, and then against Lamine Yamal, where Barcelona was a penalty, despite being carried.
Barca’s players and bench also complained about what they thought was handball inside the Infender Acerbi and Foul by Fullback Denzel Dumfries on Gerard Martin in the accumulation of the equalizer that took the game.
“I don’t want to talk too much about the referee, but every decision that was 50-50 was (Inter),” Flick said at a press conference.
“I am disappointed but not with my team. They tried everything. That’s as it is. We’re outside, but next year we’ll try to make fans happy again.
“It’s sad … My team did an excellent job. I hate to talk about the referee … I told him what I think, but I won’t say what I said …”
Barca chased the height after won Copa del Rey, but now focuses on La League, where they culminate the table and on Sunday hosts of Real Madrid, who follow them by four points with four games.
The five -time winners hoped to get from their first Champions League final since 2015, but remained wounds before Sunday “El Clasico”. Dangerous on the domestic market since the end of December Barcelona will try to win the fourth consecutive victory over Real this season.
“We will learn from this. It’s a procedure. We want to learn all the time. We don’t have much time for training, but we’re back next weekend. It’s normal to be disappointed,” Flick said.
“The team deserves the respect they earned. We play to win, we want to win titles and we have La League, with a very difficult match. We have several days to prepare for this match. Every player when returning home can look in the mirror and be proud of each other.
Published:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published on:
May 7, 2025
