The Barcelona players fouled Lionel Messi and a possible penalty kick on Ousmane Dembélé, which would have changed the course of the first half.
The arbitration controversy appeared in the Classic of Spain in two actions presented in the first 45 minutes, both games were claimed by footballers from Barcelona, because in the 1-0 of Real Madridthey demanded a foul on Lionel Messi and eight minutes before the end they asked for a penalty on Ousmane Dembélé.
The game of the first goal was born of an action in which the Catalans fouled Lucas Vázquez on Lionel Messi, who tried to pass himself, but was blocked by the Spaniards. Later, the locals started to turn steps until they reached the right wing, where Lucas Vázquez reappeared to send a low center, which defined Karim Benzema at 13 ‘in a great way.
All with the score 2-0, out of 37, Ousmane Dembélé entered the meringue area, he was in shape to shoot at Thibaut Courtois’ goal but was shot by Ferland Mendy, who carried him from behind. However, Jesús Gol Manzano, the central referee, chose not to penalize the foul in light of the Catalans’ claims.
In the second half there was another controversial action after an alleged penalty on Martin Braithwaite that it was not marked by the referee, that it did not allow itself to do less than the claims of the culés.