Barcelona: Argentina-Netherlands referee controlled the La Liga match for Barcelona. Barcelona drew 1-1 against Espanyol. Barça scored first through Marco Alonso in the seventh minute. But Joselu scored a penalty and equalized for Barça.
This match was also controlled by referee Mathieu Lahoz, who controlled the controversial Argentina-Netherlands match at the World Cup. The referee card was issued 14 times in the Barcelona-Espanyol match. In this one, every Barça and Espanyol player received a red card.
From the 25th minute Lahos started to show his cards. In the 71st minute Joselu was kicked by Marcos Alonso in the penalty area. In the 78th minute, Barça player Jordi Alba received a second yellow card and then a red card. The redhead also collided with Vinicius Sousa who kicked Lewandowski in the head. In the 83rd minute the Espanyol player raised the red card against Cabrera, but the card was withdrawn during the wartime inspection.
In La Liga Barça, second by a point behind Real Madrid, could have won again and would have taken the lead again. Lewandowski, who was banned for three matches during the World Cup, came to play for Barca through a court ruling.
