"In my opinion, it's an action where the Barcelona player is playing the ball normally, a normal part of the game, and then the contact with the Atlético player occurs naturally."
"Okay, the Barcelona player with control of the ball plays it and then steps on it, normal dynamic. I'm going to cancel the red card and show him the yellow card, okay?"
Tension escalated in La Liga after a contentious refereeing decision involving Barcelona's Gerard Martin, who was initially sent off for a foul. The referee, Mateo Busquets Ferrer, reviewed the incident with VAR official Mario Melero Lopez, who suggested the contact was a normal part of the game. After reviewing the footage, the referee reversed the red card to a yellow. Atletico Madrid expressed dissatisfaction and plans to request an explanation from the Technical Committee of Referees, citing inconsistencies in similar past decisions.
Read at Barca Universal
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