Barcelona’s criticism over a “grave lack of VAR intervention” throughout final week’s 2-0 Champions League defeat by Atletico Madrid has been dismissed by Uefa.
European soccer’s governing physique has declared the membership’s protest “inadmissible”.
Hansi Flick’s facet have been denied a penalty within the 54th minute of the quarter-final first leg when Atletico defender Marc Pubill dealt with the ball within the guests’ field.
Pubill, who had acquired a yellow card earlier within the recreation, stopped the ball together with his hand after goalkeeper Juan Musso had appeared to restart play with a goal-kick.
Barcelona gamers appealed for a penalty however referee Istvan Kovacs allowed play to proceed and Video Assistant Referee Christian Dingert didn’t intervene.
“The membership considers that the refereeing didn’t adhere to the present regulation, immediately influencing how the sport progressed and the consequence,” Barcelona mentioned on Thursday.
They described it as “a serious error” and requested for “an investigation be opened” into the matter.
However on Tuesday Uefa mentioned: “The Uefa Management Ethics and Disciplinary Physique declared the protest to be inadmissible.”
The golf equipment meet within the second leg on Tuesday night time at Atletico’s Riyadh Air Metropolitano Stadium, with the hosts holding a 2-0 lead on combination after securing their first win on the Nou Camp since 2006 final week.
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