Outrage and concern at Barça over the arbitration on the eve of the ACB final

taketonews

06/14/2023 at 7:32 p.m.

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Sarunas Jasikevicius ended up sent off in the fourth game against Unicaja after protesting two serious referee errors that harmed the team

The non-signaling of fouls in attack in the blocks, a trend in the matches against the Malaga team that is also worrying against Real Madrid

He FC Barcelona managed to defeat Unicaja in the Endesa League semifinals after achieving the third and final victory against the team from Malaga for 75-87 in the fourth game of the tie, in a match in which the Barça team recovered their best version and he did not give an option to the team trained by Ibon Navarro.

Victory, which serves to achieve by fifth consecutive season the Endesa League final, and certifies the presence of Barça in the next edition of the Endesa Super Cup, It came in a match in which, beyond the great choral game exhibited by Sarunas Jasikevicius’s team, the referees were also protagonists, who ended up expelling to the Lithuanian coach after pointing out two techniques in which the Barça coach complained about two serious referee errors that hurt the team.

In the first, right at the beginning of the second quarter, Jasikevicius protested an action of kendrick perry in which clearly stepped on the bottom line at the moment in which he gave a pass with which he found Dario Brizuela, who ended up scoring a triple. The second was indicated at the beginning of the last period, in an action in which he was involved Jan Veseley. The Czech center was fighting with Dylan Osetkowski for a rebound and fell very ugly to the park of Carpena. Despite the fact that the repetitions showed that it was not, in the first instance she gave the feeling that Vesely had hit his head, a situation that should force the referees to stop the game, something that did not happen. Saras protested raising his hands to his head, indicating where the Czech had hit, and the angry way in which he made the complaint was the second technique and the consequent expulsion.

Some decisions that have not sat well and that have generated discomfort in Barça. SPORT has learned of the concern and indignation that exists in the club in the face of two situations in which they consider that there is little refereeing respect for Sarunas Jasikevicius. In the Barcelona entity there is also indignation due to other actions of the game that have been repeated throughout the tie against Unicaja and in which they consider that there is also arbitration errors.

Blocks that exceed the limits of the regulation

And it is that, at Barça they also did not like the non-signaling of fouls in attack after blocking in actions that have exceeded limits of the regulation, starring Will Thomas and Yankuba Simma and that they follow the same pattern: movement in the blocks that the referees should signal as a foul in attack. In some actions, even occur cheeky grabs like the one made by the Girona center to Álex Abrines in the middle of the second quarter. Some actions that It worries that they can be repeated in the final against Real Madrid and in which Barça’s demand is clear: should be sanctioned as fouls in attack.

Yankuba Simma, in action with Álex Abrines

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The final of the Endesa League starts this coming Friday the 16th at 9:00 p.m. (CET). The tie against Unicaja has helped Barça to recover sensations and arrive with the maximum ambition and motivation to the duel against Real Madrid. In a scenario such as the ACB grand final, basketball fans expect the best version of their players and that the leadership falls solely and exclusively on them.



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