Barcelona star dismisses idea that Barcelona benefited referees – "they got us a league"
Several personalities have defended both the titles Barcelona won during the period when Negreira was paid by the club (2001-2018), and the idea of justice on the pitch. Maybe not stronger than Ernesto Valverde, who interrupted his answer to the idea that he was «gifted» his first league title.
Addressing Sport, Barcelona's leftist Jordi Alba was the last to reject the idea.
You may love a referee somewhat, but I've never seen anything strange. I never noticed them whistling in our favor.
Alba continued by pointing out that Barcelona could have won the Liga in 2014 if it had been. Not for an improper offside appeal, which in his opinion was final evidence that the adjudicators were not working in their favor.
They took a league from us. Against Atletico, the last match, a goal of Leo (Messi) was cancelled for an offside that was not. Atletico won the Ligue with the draw. It was a cross, it bounced on a defenceman, it wasn't offside and our goal was denied. They caught us in a league.
In fact, the athlete drew 1-1 in this game, earning the La Liga title thanks to Diego Godin's header. Camp Nou was unscrupulous after the final whistle, cheering Atletico Madrid on the final whistle.
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