Eric Garcia, FC Barcelona defender, assured at the end of the match against Inter Milan (1-0) that he did not understand why the referee annulled Pedri’s goal, which would have made it 1-1. The Catalan player also commented that this is not the time to lament but to think about next Wednesday’s game at the Camp Nou against Inter Milan.
“I don’t know why they annulled Pedri’s goal. The referees explained to us that the player who touches the ball with his hand, if he scores a goal, the goal is not valid, but if he touches it with his hand and another player scores a goal, the goal, as long as that hand was not voluntary. The ball is touched by Onana and it goes to Ansu’s hand. I don’t know, it’s something they have to clarify”said Eric.
He then added that “then there is the hand of Dumfries, there are those who say that he does touch it with his hand, but I do not see it because I am very far away. But we are not going to change anything. We have to think about what we have left and go for it all on the return leg. We have more than enough equipment to hurt them.” He also commented that “We have told him that if he was not clear about the Dumfries penalty, he should look at it on the monitor. But in the end they are decisions that we cannot control, that are going against us now, but we have to focus on the game.”
Eric commented that “we started the game in a good way, moving the ball from side to side, which is what we wanted to get to the wings and face one on one.” In his opinion, “The goal hurts because it’s just before half time and the game seemed calm. In the second half, they defended and we tried to attack.”
“We have to find solutions”
I appreciate that “It has been seen today that they defend very far behind and we have to try to find solutions in the next game”. In his opinion, “they have closed inside, they have accumulated a lot of people, we wanted to get to the wing more quickly, but our circulation has been a bit slow and that is why the wingers have not had as much advantage. But there is one week, we are going to try to improve and win, obviously”.
Regarding the Danish injury, Christensen commented that “Let’s hope Christensen’s ankle is nothing.”