Barca manager Flick after UCL semis loss
An upset Barcelona manager, Hansi Flick, criticised refereeing decisions in his side’s 4-3 loss against Inter Milan in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) that stopped the Catalans reaching their first Champions League final in a decade after an extra-time goal by home substitute Davide Frattesi. “I don’t want to talk too much about the referee, but every decision that was 50-50 went (Inter’s) way,” said Flick after the match. The German criticised Polish referee Szymon Marciniak, who had a busy night in the semi-final, second leg at San Siro, with Inter advancing 7-6 on aggregate to face the winner of Paris Saint-Germain vs Arsenal. Marciniak awarded Inter a penalty after a VAR review for a challenge by Pau Cubarsi on Lautaro Martinez that he did not deem an infringement and later reversed a decision he had signalled as a spot kick for Barcelona, with VAR saying Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s foul on Lamine Yamal was just outside the box. Story continues below this ad Barca were at the cusp of the win after …
