YOU HAVE BEEN SIGNED, MR. REFEREE. Granada’s footballers are protesting against the final whistle of referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxey, who ended the duel in Seville a minute earlier.
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“I’ve never seen anything like it in my life, let alone experienced it. Some of us have already been undressed, “shook head midfielder Lucas Ocampos. “The referee ended the match because he thought it was over. But then he explained to us that he had made a mistake. “
What happened in Seville on Sunday night?
Referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea set four minutes beyond standard time in the duel of the 32nd round of the Spanish top competition. Sevilla defended the tight lead, which it developed thanks to the interventions of Ivan Rakitič with Ocampos, Granada believed in the equalization after reducing to 1 – 2 from the penalty Roberto Roberto.
The main referee then blew his whistle at 92:59 …
The referee in Seville blew the final whistle on the 93rd minute but then realised there was one minute left to play after initially putting four minutes of added time.
Sevilla went back out to ensure a 2-1 win over Granada!
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The home team went to the cabins, took off their jerseys, some football boots and protectors, while Granada footballers surrounded the referee and indicated that he was wrong. De Burgos Bengoetxea realized this after a while and ordered the remaining minute to be completed.
Midfielder Fernando shook his head in disbelief in the stand without a shirt, Marcos Acuna had to put on his protectors, socks and shoes again. Both coaches turned on the stopwatch when the completed duel started again.
However, during the final sixty seconds, nothing notable occurred. Sevilla thus won the 22nd victory of the year, which means that it loses only three points from the fourth place to the leader Atlético Madrid.
It lost 1: 2 at Bilbao on Sunday, and the battle for the title in La Liga is as dramatic as it has been for a long time. The second Real is behind the Athlete by two points, the same Barcelona with a match for good.
Five rounds left.
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