Barcelona furious over offside decision

After seven straight wins, Hansi Flick lost again with Barcelona. Spotlight: Robert Lewandowski's toes.

Hansi Flick doesn't want to blame the referee for Barcelona's second defeat in La Liga this season. At half-time, he expressed his views on Robert Lewandowski's disallowed goal to the referee on his way to the dressing room. “I just told him it was a goal, not offside,” Flick explained after the 1-0 loss to Real Sociedad San Sebastian.

«I’m not very angry. Just a little bit,” the 59-year-old added with a smile after a reporter claimed Flick had made very angry remarks to the referee. The referee himself reportedly admitted it was a wrong decision. “If VAR had told me Offside, what should I do? It is said that the referee Flick asked. “

The Catalans' German coach reiterated in his post-match press conference that in his opinion not giving Lewandowski a goal after about a quarter of an hour of play was a wrong decision: “An absolute mistake “It was Lewandowski's toe that triggered the offside decision, although the defender's foot appeared to have been accidentally identified as Lewandowski's foot. Judging from the actual TV images, it seems unlikely that Lewandowski's feet were long enough and in fact unlikely to be in an offside position.

“It's too easy”

“Barcelona were offside,” sports newspaper As wrote. “VAR and a decisive night left Barca empty-handed in Donostia,” said Sport. Barcelona continues to lead the table. Six points ahead of chasers Real Madrid, but the defending champions from the capital have played a game less.

Flick didn't make excuses after the defeat; he also didn't accept the fact that superstar Lamine Yamal was out with a serious injury after losing his first game in a string of wins in all competitions.

“It's easy to say we lost because Lamin was not there. Of course, every team lacks players like this. “But they will take responsibility for this defeat. “We can play better and we showed that in the first 10 or 15 minutes,” Flick stressed. But this was not her day. The only goal was scored by former Union Berlin player Sheraldo Becker (33rd minute), his first goal of the season. (t-online.de/abu)