The 4: 3 after extension in the semi-final second leg in the Champions League between Inter Milan and FC Barcelona had a lot of excitement in addition to the sporting highlights. Scenes that circulate online suggest that inter-goal scorer Francesco Acerbi was spat on by his opponent Inigo Martínez. He denies this.
Heating scenes in San Siro: After the meantime 2-0 The host from Milan in the semi-final cracker against FC Barcelona, the game was richer. When the Nerazzurri cheers, Francesco Acerbi and Inigo Martínez came together.
When the inter-defense player provocatively-cheering after Hakan Calhanoglu’s penalty, he is said to have set a spit attack on the Barca professional. The scene is circulated in the short message service X.
But Martínez denied any intention after the semi-final defeat. “No, he cheered directly into my ear and I got angry. The spitting was not at all pointed at him,” said the veteran in the mixed zone. If that had been the case, he would certainly have been “immediately expelled from the field,” said the Spaniard.
Referee Szymon Marciniak, who had a lot of work in the Milan Hexenkessel, left it after consultation with the video assistant in the event of a warning.
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The Polish referee had to survive several critical scenes in the course of the game. The tackling in the 43rd minute of Pau Cubarsí against Lautaro Martínez initially seemed to have been compliant. With the help of the video assistants, Marciniak finally decided on a penalty, which led to violent protests by the Catalans.
Barca head coach Hansi Flick actually wanted to “don’t talk about the referee after the game, but every decision that was 50:50 was in her favor”. He stated: “I told him what I think, but I won’t say it here.”
From the point of view of Inter, an premature whistle was annoying at the half -time break, as a big chance of the possible 3: 0 was destroyed. Already at the semi-final second leg of FC Bayern against Real Madrid (1-2) a year ago, Marciniak had blown into the pipe too early. At that time it was about an alleged offside position by Matthijs de Ligt, who had made a supposed compensation.