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‘This was a robbery’: Raphinha lashes out at referees as Barcelona’s Champions League dream ends in red card chaos | Football News

‘This was a robbery’: Raphinha lashes out at referees as Barcelona’s Champions League dream ends in red card chaos | Football News

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3 min readApr 15, 2026 09:51 AM IST Barcelona’s Champions League dreams went up in smoke after the Catalan giants lost their second leg of the quarter-final by 2-1 against Atletico Madrid on Tuesday night. Giving voice to the resentment in the iconic club’s dressing room, Barcelona forward Raphinha accused the referees of “robbing” them after both games between the two clubs saw a Barca player red carded. Raphinha’s ire was aimed at referee Clement Turpin, who officiated the second game, and Istvan Kovacs, who was in charge of the first clash. “As far as I’m concerned, it was ⁠a ​robbery, not just this match but the other one (the first leg) as well,” Raphinha, who missed both games due to injury, told reporters. “I think the refereeing is going really badly; the decisions he (Turpin) makes are unbelievable … ​I ​really want to understand why they’re so afraid ⁠that Barcelona will come and win.” According to a report on Reuters, Raphinha was seen making repeated ‘grabbing motion with his hands’ after the game had …

Hansi Flick credits team bond for Barcelona’s La Liga title win & domestic treble

Hansi Flick credits team bond for Barcelona’s La Liga title win & domestic treble

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Barcelona manager Hansi Flick led his side to a 2-0 win over Espanyol on Thursday for the club’s 28th La Liga title, calling it the “most honest title.” After lifting the Super Cup and the Copa del Rey, the German has closed out an amazing campaign with a domestic treble. Unbeaten since late December in domestic competition, Barcelona beat Real Madrid to win the Spanish Super Cup in January and then the Copa del Rey. In his very first season on the blaugrana bench, Flick also took Barca to the semi-final of the Champions League, where they lost to Inter Milan in a hard-fought two-legged game by 7-6. Nonetheless, after the terrible 2023-24 season, the former German national and Bayern Munich coach led Barca to greater heights this season. Story continues below this ad Flick credited the team atmosphere for Barca’s achievements this year. He said, “The family we’ve created. Everyone works with passion and knows their role is important. That has helped me enormously in reaching our goals.” UN DIA DE PARTIT! 💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/ugs41n0m1T …

Barcelona vs Real Madrid Final LIVE Updates, Copa del Rey 2024-25: Amid Referee Saga, Real Aim To End Barcelona’s Treble Dreams

Barcelona vs Real Madrid Final LIVE Updates, Copa del Rey 2024-25: Amid Referee Saga, Real Aim To End Barcelona’s Treble Dreams

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Barcelona vs Real Madrid LIVE Updates, Copa del Rey Final 2024-25 Football© AFP Barcelona vs Real Madrid Final LIVE Updates: After 11 years, Barcelona and Real Madrid face off in a Copa del Rey final. The Blaugrana have thrashed Real Madrid 4-0 and 5-2 in their two earlier meetings in the season, but Real would love nothing more than to end Barcelona’s treble chances in the 2024/25 season. Barcelona can clinch their second trophy of the season today, having earlier beaten arch rivals Real Madrid in the Supercopa final. Kylian Mbappe is expected to miss out on Real Madrid’s playing XI, having not yet recovered fully from an injury. Meanwhile, Robert Lewandowski is not available for Barcelona. Here are the LIVE Updates of Barcelona vs Real Madrid Final LIVE Score, Copa del Rey 2024-25: Topics mentioned in this article Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following …

FC Barcelona’s Alejandro Balde Suffers Distal Injury To Left Hamstring

FC Barcelona’s Alejandro Balde Suffers Distal Injury To Left Hamstring

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File photo of Alejandro Balde.© AFP FC Barcelona have confirmed that full back Alejandro Balde has suffered a distal injury to his left hamstring, with no timeline given on his return. Balde was injured towards the end of the first half in Sunday’s (IST) 1-0 win away from home at Leganes. After tracking back to stop a counter from the home side, the defender felt a problem and was replaced by Gerard Martin. “Tests carried out on Sunday morning on the first team player Alejandro Balde confirm that he has a distal injury to his left hamstring. His return to action with the first team will depend on his recovery,” read the statement by the club. The recovery timeline for a distal hamstring injury varies widely but generally ranges from a few weeks to several months. A grade 1 strain might heal within days to a couple of weeks, while a grade 3 (complete tear) could take months to heal, potentially requiring surgery. Rehabilitation for distal hamstring reattachments typically takes about 3 months …

La Liga Appeal Decision Allowing Barcelona’s Dani Olmo To Play Again

La Liga Appeal Decision Allowing Barcelona’s Dani Olmo To Play Again

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Spain’s La Liga on Monday filed an appeal and requested precautionary measures against the ruling issued by the Spanish sports council (CSD) authorising Barcelona players Dani Olmo and Pau Victor to play until the end of the season. La Liga issued a statement calling for “an urgent judicial response” in the name of sporting fairness, claiming that the CSD’s resolution “violates” the rules governing the economic control of the Spanish league. The CSD, which is responsible for settling the dispute between Barca and La Liga, ruled in favour of the Catalan club on April 3. It said the cancellation of the registrations was “null and void”, allowing midfielder Olmo, who joined Barca from RB Leipzig last summer, and young striker Victor to play. La Liga immediately contested this decision, saying it was “not in accordance with the law”. According to the governing body, the licences of the players, who were temporarily registered at the start of the season following the injury to defender Andreas Christensen, “automatically expired” on December 31 at a time …

Barcelona’s Hansi Flick Demands ‘Focus’ Ahead Of Crunch Atletico Madrid Clash

Barcelona’s Hansi Flick Demands ‘Focus’ Ahead Of Crunch Atletico Madrid Clash

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Hansi Flick warned his Barcelona stars they need to focus to avoid crumbling against Atletico Madrid on Sunday in La Liga as they have in their previous two meetings this season. Leaders Barcelona are a point ahead of Diego Simeone’s Atletico, third, going into the huge title clash at the Metropolitano stadium in the Spanish capital. Barcelona led against Atletico in the first league match in December but Rodrigo De Paul levelled for the visitors and Alexander Sorloth hit a 96th minute winner which helped them usurp the Catalans at the top of the table. Then in the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg Barcelona let in two goals in the first six minutes and two late goals, including another Sorloth stoppage time strike in a wild 4-4 draw. “I think we have had really two great matches and of course we have to be focussed from the beginning to the end of the match,” Flick told reporters Saturday. “I think in the first match, at the end of the match we were …

Raphinha, Barcelona’s injury-time hero, finding his groove under Hansi Flick

Raphinha, Barcelona’s injury-time hero, finding his groove under Hansi Flick

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Life is different now for Raphinha. After the stoppage-time winner against Benfica to script a famous heist, he sprinted towards a section of Barcelona fans and blew kisses their way. They threw kisses back too, and heaved wildly. He has never felt so loved in the colours of this famous shirt, and shortly declared, in the backdrop of the still euphoric fans, that “I will kill and die for this club.” This has not always been the 28-year-old’s sentiment for the club. Or those of the club’s fans. At the start of the season, he saw fans wearing his shirt number with the name of Atletico Bilbao winger Neco Williams, whose pursuit failed due to Barcelona’s cash-crunch. Raphinha was put on the clearance list, but few clubs could match the hefty price tag of 70 million Euros Barcelona had slapped on him. Or few thought he was worth that sum. There were times he longed to play for a smaller club, where he would be loved and where he would get ample playing time. “There …

Dani Olmo Situation Could Affect Future Signings: Barcelona’s Raphinha

Dani Olmo Situation Could Affect Future Signings: Barcelona’s Raphinha

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Barcelona winger Raphinha said Tuesday potential future signings might be put off from joining the Catalan giants because of the Dani Olmo registration debacle. Financially-struggling Barca are frantically battling to get the Spanish playmaker licensed for the second half of the season after his registration ran out at the end of 2024 and earlier efforts were rebuffed twice in court. The Catalan club took their case to Spain’s top sports court on Tuesday but until there is a verdict or a temporary measure grants them new licences, are set to be without Olmo and striker Pau Victor. Both have travelled to Saudi Arabia for the Spanish Super Cup semi-final against Copa del Rey winners Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday but currently cannot feature. “I think it could (impact future signings), I can’t say no because I would be lying and that’s not me, I don’t like lying or telling stories,” said Brazil international Raphinha. “The truth is that if I was at another club and seeing the situation that Pau and Dani are in, …

La Liga Appeal Decision Allowing Barcelona’s Dani Olmo To Play Again

Barcelona’s Dani Olmo Suffers Fresh Registration Setback

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Dani Olmo’s contract includes a clause that would release him if he cannot be registered.© AFP Barcelona took their desperate attempts to register Dani Olmo to Spain’s High Council for Sports on Saturday after La Liga and the national federation pushed their star playmaker closer to a potentially embarrassing departure. The future of Olmo and young forward Pau Victor at the Catalan giants has been on hold over a financial and administrative limbo that prevented their registration beyond 2024. Debt-laden Barcelona registered their star signing Olmo last summer without breaching La Liga’s budget rules after defender Andreas Christensen was injured in August. The Blaugrana lost two court cases seeking an extension of the registrations to the end of the season and La Liga struck Olmo and Victor off the official squad list on January 1. Barcelona applied for new licences to the Spanish football federation (RFEF) and Spanish media said they had sold VIP seats at the future Camp Nou to generate 100 million euros ($103 million) that would increase their budget and …

Spanish FA, La Liga reject Barcelona’s request to register Dani Olmo and Pau Victor | Football News

Spanish FA, La Liga reject Barcelona’s request to register Dani Olmo and Pau Victor | Football News

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The Spanish football federation (RFEF) and La Liga on Saturday said they rejected a request from Barcelona to register Dani Olmo and Pau Victor both for the second half of the season. The two bodies added that a cancelled licence could not be revived for a player by the same club in the same season. The two players will be unable to play for the club for the second half of the season, a fresh blow to Barcelona who were attempting to extend their registrations. “The Monitoring Committee agrees not to grant the prior approval or the definitive licence requested by FC Barcelona for the players Daniel Olmo Carvajal and Pau Victor Delgado,” the RFEF said in a statement. 🚨NOTA INFORMATIVA: Reunión de la Comisión de Seguimiento del Convenio de coordinación LALIGA-RFEF 📎https://t.co/iYYK9Rfx58 pic.twitter.com/j6vRhdnJ6J — LALIGA Corporativo (@LaLigaCorp) January 4, 2025 Olmo has been crucial to Barcelona’s title charge this season, scoring 6 goals for the Catalan club in all competitions after moving to Spain from German club RB Leipzig last year. He was also …