The match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich in the Champions League witnessed the referee's retraction of a penalty kick for Barcelona striker Lewandowski, who was 0-2 behind, and he also canceled a goal for Bayern due to Serge Gnabry's offside.

The referee canceled the penalty kick and a warning given to Bayern's Matthijs de Ligt after a dialogue via radio with the video assistant referee "VAR" and then reviewing the situation on the screen next to the stadium.

In fact, the decision to cancel the penalty kick was correct because De Ligt succeeded in playing the ball (the first criterion in the violation of obstruction) before the contact occurred with Lewandowski, who instead of trying to play the ball put his left leg in front of the defender to make the contact in a way that suggests to the referee that it is an obstruction, as he shouted upon contact To suggest to the referee the presence of a strong obstruction even though he took the decision to fall even before coming into contact with the defender.

Indeed, Lewandowski succeeded at first sight in deceiving the referee, but the shots are unambiguously clear that the defender played the ball and that he tried to obtain a penalty kick by making an incorrect foul by placing his leg in front of the defender behind the ball.

As for Gnabry's goal canceled in the second half, the replays in which the image was stopped showed Gnabry's advance over the defender with part of his head and shoulder at the moment the ball was passed to him, which is a clear offside.

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Bayern deepens Barcelona's wounds

On the other hand, the result has deepened so far, deepening the wounds of Barcelona, ​​which came out of the group stage of the Champions League empty-handed before the match, after the great victory of Inter Milan against its guest, Viktoria Plzen, the Czech Republic 4-0, and its qualification to the final price.

Where the victory was decided for the second card in the third group after Bayern Munich and the exclusion of Barcelona, ​​which will continue its continental campaign in the European League "Europe League" by guaranteeing third place as it has 4 points compared to nothing for the last Czech team.

  • Former international referee