Barcelona coach Hansi Flick expressed frustration with the refereeing of their Champions League semi-final defeat to Inter Milan following a second-leg traditional at San Siro.
Having fought again from 2-0 down at residence to attract the primary leg 3-3, Barca seemed to have clinched their place within the ultimate in Munich when Raphinha fired residence his thirteenth Champions League purpose of the season three minutes from the top of regular time to place Flick’s facet forward 3-2 on the evening.
Lautaro Martinez’s Twenty first-minute opener and Hakan Calhanoglu’s penalty had earlier given Inter command, just for Eric Garcia and Dani Olmo to degree the tie as soon as extra previous to Raphinha’s exact end.
However 37-year-old centre-back Francesco Acerbi supplied a surprising twist, forcing further time along with his first European purpose within the 93rd minute, earlier than Davide Frattesi lastly settled an encounter that tied the file for the highest-scoring two-legged Champions League semi-final, giving Inter a 4-3 win on the evening and a 7-6 combination triumph.
Talking afterwards, Flick had nothing however reward for his gamers, although he indicted dissatisfaction with referee Szymon Marciniak.
“I’m very upset that we’re out – however I’m not upset concerning the efficiency of my staff. They tried the whole lot,” stated Flick.
“We’re out, however subsequent yr we’ll begin once more and we’ll make our followers, the membership and everybody round us joyful.
“They [Inter] are a very good staff, a robust staff who defend effectively but in addition they’ve a very good striker.
“Within the second half we have been actually good. I don’t wish to communicate concerning the referee however each 50-50 determination was for them.
“We gave the whole lot however in the long run it was like that and that’s what made me a bit unhappy.”
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Of specific rivalry for Barca, whose hopes of a treble got here to an finish with defeat at San Siro, was the penalty awarded to Inter late within the first half.
It initially seemed as if Pau Cubarsi had timed his problem on Martinez completely to cease an Inter break down the left, however Marciniak pointed to the spot after a pitchside assessment, with replays suggesting Cubarsi made no contact with the ball.
Garcia took situation with that call, telling Prime Video Sport: “For me, the primary one Curbasi, I used to be actually shut, for me it’s by no means a pen.
“I feel within the first half going 2-0 down was powerful. The response we had within the second half was wonderful.
“We had much more probabilities to shut the sport.
“It’s from choices made, however that’s soccer and we should be actually pleased with what we did.”
Barca nonetheless have work to do to finish a LaLiga and Copa del Rey double. They’re 4 factors forward of Actual Madrid in LaLiga with 4 video games to play, and may all however seal the title with a house win within the Clasico on Sunday.
“We’ve received to get going, we should be proud,” Garcia added.
“No one believed in us in the beginning [of the season]. Lots of modifications and altering the supervisor, actually younger gamers and we should be proud.”
