Xavi Hernández justified the expulsion of Vitor Roque as a settling of accounts in the Negreira Case

FC Barcelona’s coach,

At a press conference after the match, Xavi Hernández was seen upset when he denounced the forward’s expulsion in the 72nd minute of the match for a double yellow card, explaining that it was not a foul at any time deserving of a sanction.

“We are paying for the Negreira case. You have seen it again, I don’t need to say it again. Great game for the team today, I’m very happy, I just ask that they let us compete. I only ask this. “Today is another blatant mistake, without further ado, and I said it from the first game,” he said.

Hernández affirmed that his team pays the consequences of the case that the Spanish justice system is investigating for the more than $7 million dollars that FC Barcelona paid to the former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees José María Enríquez Negreira between 2001 and 2018.

As if that were not enough, the strategist, who the previous day announced his resignation from his position as manager of the Blaugranas starting June 30, also promised that he would “never again” speak about the referees again.

Finally, he talked about the game, the victory and especially highlighted the work of the young Lamine Yamal, who he assured that his future has no limits.

“We have defended very well and we have been very effective with and without the ball. As for Yamal, it is an apparition that appears few in years and has no roof,” he concluded.

With the victory, FC Barcelona continues in the fight for the Spanish LaLiga by totaling 50 points and putting itself seven behind Real Madrid, leader of the competition who will play against Atlético de Madrid this Sunday, and six points behind Girona FC who agreed without goals against to Real Sociedad in a match marked by controversy after the annulment by VAR of a goal against Venezuelan Yangel Herrera that would have meant the three points.

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