Do referees favour Barcelona?
Former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti reflect on whether “referees favour Barcelona?” in the aftermath of Barca controversial win over Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Champions league.
“Not at this level,” Ancelotti told Goal.
“The referee level is very high. Sometimes referees can make mistakes. Sometimes these mistakes work in your favour and other times they do not.
Do referees favour Barcelona?
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“I try to respect the work of the referees, who have a very difficult job. [Brych] has an excellent reputation in Europe and I don’t think he helped Barcelona, even if it is possible he committed mistakes because everyone does.
“The [red card] could also be viewed as naivety by Torres. Maybe it was a referee mistake but I don’t think Barcelona received help from the official.
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“When my Paris Saint-Germain side went out to Barcelona in the Champions League three years ago, it was Lionel Messi entering the pitch that changed the game [not the referee]; it was also the power of the fans at Camp Nou.”
While, Italian manager also discussed the front-three of Barcelona, Ronaldo and Real Madrid’s season and the rise of Atletico Madrid.
“Barcelona have three very important players, their three forwards,” Ancelotti explained.
“Sometimes you need to take care of Messi, and at other times Suarez or Neymar. It is difficult to say who is the most important of the three, but I think for Barcelona, Messi is still their number one.
“Messi shares the honour [of best player in the world] with Cristiano Ronaldo. Both have different qualities but both are critical for their teams.
Over the last few years, Atletico have become one of the most important teams in Europe. They have a concrete vision and philosophy but in terms of history, Real Madrid are still the reference point in Madrid,” the Italian concluded.