Barça beat Atlético de Madrid 1-0 and is the leader with an advantage of eleven points over Real Madrid
With the score tied, Xavi Hernández protested several decisions and came into conflict with the referee Sánchez Martínez
Barça took a big step forward this weekend against Atlético de Madrid to win the LaLiga title this season. The Barcelona team beat the ‘colchoneros’ by a minimum with a goal from Ferran Torres and, with eight days to go, is the leader with an advantage of eleven points over Real Madrid.
As expected, the team led by the ‘Cholo’ Simeone appeared in the SpotifyCamp Nou with a solid defensive approach that at times bothered the Catalan team.
Even with the tie on the scoreboard, in coach ‘culé’ Xavi Hernández protested several decisions by the referee Sánchez Martínez. In one of these, the referee of the match addressed the Catalan coach to ask him to calm down.
Xavi Hernández discussing with the referee Sánchez Martínez during the Barça-Atlético de Madrid match
| Enric Fontcuberta
At that time, according to the GOL images, Xavi was upset with the ‘forms’ of the referee. The Barça coach repeats him on a couple of occasions “Why are you threatening me?”, to continue with “What are you doing? But calm down, man. But calm down”.
After this tense moment, the two protagonists continued to talk more calmly. Finally, Xavi with a smile on his face patted Sánchez Martínez on the back and settled the conflict.