In the match of the next round of examples, Barcelona played a draw with Valencia (1: 1).
During the match, the chief referee Ignacio Villanueva did not count Lionel Messi's goal, after which the ball clearly crossed the goal line of "bats".
According to Jordi Alba, this episode was obvious even from a long distance.
"The judge made a blatant mistake. I even saw from the center of the field that the goal was. It is unacceptable! ".
"The ball is three meters behind the line, and the referee does not count the goal. How is this possible? The goal was obvious. Avoid these situations would help video replay ".
"Last season, the same thing happened to us in a duel against Betis. If then the judge was not mistaken, perhaps we would not have lost the fight for the championship, "said Alba.
Earlier on the judge's error in the match between Barcelona and Valencia spoke the head coach of the Catalans Ernesto Valverde.