UCL: UEFA rules on Barcelona’s complaint over referee in Atletico Madrid defeat

UEFA’s Disciplinary Committee connected Tuesday, ruled that Barcelona’s ailment regarding the arguable refereeing successful their Champions League lucifer against Atletico Madrid, is “inadmissible”.

The Catalans had filed a ceremonial announcement past week, alleging that the show of referee Istvan Kovacs successful the archetypal limb of the quarter-final necktie astatine the Spotify Camp Nou.

The incidental progressive Atletico’s Marc Pubill, who handled the shot wrong the container pursuing a walk from goalkeeper Juan Musso.

Barça argued it should person been a punishment and a 2nd yellowish for Pubill, portion some the referee and Atletico Madrid maintained that the shot was not yet successful play.

As such, Barcelona proceeded to lodge an authoritative complaint, seeking an mentation for the decisions arsenic good arsenic entree to the recordings of the conversations betwixt the referee and the VAR.

However, a UEFA statement, read: “Following the archetypal limb of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final, played connected Wednesday, April 8, 2026, betwixt FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, FC Barcelona lodged a protestation concerning a refereeing...