Copa del Rey last: Rudiger throwing object at referee and different controversies from Barcelona-Actual Madrid showdown

Barcelona defeated arch-rivals Actual Madrid 3-2 in a dramatic ‘El Clasico’ last in Sevilla on Saturday to win the Copa del Rey for a record-extending thirty second time and giving Hansi Flick his first trophy since succeeding Xavi as their coach. Barcelona gamers and their supporters went wild after Jules Kounde (116’) scored the winner deep into further time after Ferran Torres scored the equaliser with six minutes left in common time.

This was after Madrid struck twice in an area of seven minutes within the second half to maneuver to a 2-1 lead after Pedri scored the one purpose of the primary half. Kylian Mbappe scored the primary free kick of his profession within the seventieth minute and Aurelien Tchouameni placing ‘Los Blancos’ within the lead shortly after.

Saturday’s sport at Sevilla’s Estadio de La Cartuja, nonetheless, turned out to be fairly heated an affair, which is hardly a shock for a sport involving two of essentially the most profitable Spanish groups that additionally occur to be among the many most embellished on the earth.

Listed below are among the largest controversies from the most recent Clasico showdown:

Madrid targets referees earlier than kickoff

The Copa del Rey last between Barcelona and Actual Madrid was within the information for the incorrect causes earlier than the sport even bought underway in Sevilla on Saturday night, with the
latter concentrating on referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, who was on responsibility for the match.

Madrid weren’t in favour of Bengoetxea officiating the blockbuster sport, having beforehand identified his errors of their earlier matches. An emotional Bengoetxea and VAR official Pablo Gonzalez Fuentes hit again on the membership a day earlier than the ultimate slamming Madrid for creating an setting of hate in direction of referees.

The membership wasn’t happy with the response of the referees, and never solely did they boycott the pre-match press convention, in addition they didn’t maintain an open coaching session in Sevilla and president Florentino Perez didn’t attend the standard presidents’ dinner.

Rudiger throws an object in direction of the referee

Bengoetxea was a part of what certainly was essentially the most heated second of Saturday’s conflict, with the 39-year-old displaying Antonio Rudiger the crimson card after the Madrid defender flung an object at him from the sidelines. The incident occurred shortly after Kounde scored deep into further time to provide Barcelona a 3-2 lead with lower than 5 minutes left barring stoppage time.

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The German centre-back misplaced his mood after the referee awarded a choice in favour of the Catalans after a foul on Eric Garcia by Kylian Mbappe, and needed to be restrained by a number of people from the Madrid camp, who prevented him from storming to the pitch and inflicting much more chaos.

For his actions on Saturday, Rudiger faces the opportunity of a size suspension, with the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) reportedly anticipated to announce their verdict on the matter within the coming days.

Bellingham, Vazquez additionally penalised

Referee Bengoetxea had made a number of bookings within the high-voltage conflict, issuing seven yellow playing cards all through the night with 4 of them involving Barcelona gamers. All three crimson playing cards, nonetheless, have been proven at Madrid gamers, with Lucas Vazquez and Jude Bellingham additionally getting penalised.

Vazquez and Vinicius Junior had charged the pitch across the time Rudiger had thrown the thing in direction of the referee, ensuing within the former getting dismissed. Bellingham, however, was despatched off after the ultimate whistle for his “aggressive perspective” in direction of Bengoetxea.

If relations between Madrid and the referees basically and Bengoetxea specifically, have been fractured earlier than Saturday’s sport, they reached a brand new low following Barcelona’s dramatic victory.