The Portuguese has already been able to realize what it means to defend the Blaugrana shirt to its full extent
The forward cannot believe the goal that was disallowed in Los Cármenes that would have certified the comeback against Granada
Joao Felix I wanted to play for Barça. This is what he expressed publicly at the beginning of summer. And the last day of the market saw his wish fulfilled. The young Portuguese forward has only been a Blaugrana for a month and nine days, but He has already been able to realize what it means to defend the Blaugrana jacket to its fullest extent.. Joao Félix has had a quick adaptation to the game of the team led by Xavi Hernández. He suits him like a glove and has recognized it himself. In addition, he has not spared praise for the coaching staff and his new teammates.
But not everything is rosy when you put on the Blaugrana jacket. And more in the League. Joao Félix has also had enough time to see the different yardstick that refereeing can have if you play for Barça or for Real Madrid.
On Sunday at Nuevo Los Cármenes he was able to see it firsthand. In the middle of the Blaugrana harassment looking to complete the comeback, the Portuguese gained the back of José Callejón to cleanly head a cross past the far post of his compatriot Joao Cancelo. Clean goal that the Barça bench celebrated in style…until he realized that one of César Soto Grado’s assistants had raised the flag marking an offside position.
Nobody understood anything. The play still had to be analyzed by the VAR and there was no doubt that video refereeing would rectify the error. A perception very far from reality. From the VOR room they confirmed an advanced position by Ferran Torres several meters from the place where the play was resolved. In the opinion of the assistant, the one from Foios interfered in the actions of the Nasrid defense and goalkeeper. And Carlos del Cerro Grande – from the Madrid school, to be exact – also considered it that way, to the despair of Joao Félix and his teammates, including Xavi and his coaching staff.
Indignation, in these cases, grows when it is verified that at 600 kilometers things are always very different. On September 2, Getafe visited the Santiago Bernabéu. In the 95th minute, with the score at 1-1, Real Madrid put a ball into the area. Joselu went to shoot from an offside position, the ball ended up being rejected in the heart of the area and fell again at the feet of the Madrid player’s ‘9’, who scored 2-1 on the halfway mark.
Both Mario Melero López, on the pitch, and José Luis Munuera Montero, from the VOR room, considered that Joselu’s illegal position did not interfere with the action of the Azulones defense and goalkeeper. What is the difference?…
In short, this Monday the social networks were full of comments about the different refereeing criteria when it comes to Barça or Real Madrid, a different yardstick that we already denounced after the game from SPORT.
AND Joao Félix ‘liked’ one of these publications, in which the two actions were confronted. Specifically on the ‘som i serem’ twitter account:
This is the situation and Joao Félix will have to adapt to it, just as he has done with the Blaugrana game.