The Barcelona won overwhelmingly in Villarreal and after the game the president Bartomeu asked to speak into the microphones of Movistar to burn down the final stretch of the championship with a statement in which he questioned arbitrations and especially the criteria of the VAR in matches the Real Madrid . A few words with which the Blaugrana president joined the 'Piqué doctrine ' that was announced after the draw of Barcelona in Seville after Madrid's victory in Valdebebas against Eibar and Valencia. That day the center-back already dropped that "it will be very difficult to win this League, as it no longer depends on us. I have seen what has happened in these two days and it will be difficult for Real Madrid to lose points. But we are going to try. "
Bartomeu went one step further in this regard in the box of the Estadio de La Cerámica and although he did not mention Madrid at any time he questioned the latest arbitrations. His words also respond to a demand from a large part of the club's social mass, who considered that Barça was being very lukewarm and that it demanded the same behavior from Madrid in the first part of the season when both Butragueño and Sergio Ramos said that the VAR made "premeditated decisions" and that it prompted President Florentino Pérez to call the President of the Spanish Federation, Luis Rubiales.
Bartomeu, who until now had shown himself to be one of the strongest defenders of the VAR since its establishment, shot with a bullet: "I have seen the match in Bilbao . One more victory for Madrid. Our message, which I am going to repeat, tastes bad to me, but the VAR is not giving the height that we have. It is not equitable from the COVID and it is affecting the results and it seems that it is always favoring it. It is true that there have been many games in which the VAR has favored the same team . we spoke to the FEF in its day. the VAR must help the referee but in recent weeks everyone has seen many pictures in which has not been equitable. "
A message that was reinforced in the press room by Quique Setién, another person who has traditionally never been known to get involved in arbitration matters, but who on this occasion simply said that "I cannot comment on what the President has said , because I have not listened to him… what am I going to say if the president has spoken? " and then add that "I understand VAR less and less, but there are things that I consider, but I don't want to comment on."
The four remaining days to play are presented as a minefield for the collegiate players on the field and for the referees who assist them from the VOR room , because beyond the complaints of Barcelona, many teams are questioning the operation of the new system in the last days. The final sprint will be between flames.