The first half of the 8th final second leg of the Champions League between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Barcelona gave birth to two penalties.
The first transformed by Mbappé, the second missed by Messi.
These two arbitration decisions have, as often, divided.
On the first, PSG suffered outrageously when Clément Lenglet first stepped on the heel of Mauro Icardi and offered a penalty to his opponent after consulting the VAR by Anthony Taylor.
“I think we're doing too much.
These whistled penalties are no longer in the spirit of the game. It reminds me of the one in the first leg (
Editor's note: whistled against Kurzawa on De Jong
), plague the former professional referee Saïd Ennjimi, consultant for L ' Team.
Icardi indeed collapsed six meters away as he tried to regain a low cross from Kurzawa on the left side.
Only, the ball was caught by Ter Stegen and never reached the Argentine striker.
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“From the moment the Catalan goalkeeper intercepts the ball, there is no reason to whistle.
If the ball had reached Icardi, then yes, it would have been much more legitimate ”.
A second more logical decision, according to Ennjimi
If this first whistle is controversial, it is much less the case on the second.
The English referee made his decision directly after the feverish and already sanctioned Kurzawa with a yellow card touched Griezmann's foot in striking position in the box.
“There is contact.
Griezmann plays the shot well, he plays the fault well.
There is not much to say, ”comments Saïd Ennjimi.
Fortunately for PSG, Messi will miss the 2-1 just before the break.
An exercise in which the Argentine star had not fallen since 2015.