Flick Fumes over Refereeing Decisions in Defeat at Inter

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick was upset over several refereeing decisions in his side’s 4-3 loss at Inter Milan that stopped the Catalans reaching their first Champions League final in a decade after an extra-time goal by home substitute Davide Frattesi.
Barca thought they had victory in the bag when they roared back from two goals down to grab a 3-2 lead with Raphinha’s goal in the 87th minute but Inter equalized through Francesco Acerbi in added time to stay alive and then scored the winner.
Flick criticized Polish referee Szymon Marciniak who had a busy night in the semi-final, second leg at San Siro, with Inter advancing 7-6 on aggregate to face Paris St Germain or Arsenal.
He awarded Inter a penalty after a VAR review for a challenge by Pau Cubarsi on Lautaro Martinez that he did not deem an infringement and later reversed a decision he had signaled as a spot kick for Barcelona, with VAR saying Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s foul on Lamine Yamal was just outside the box.
Barca’s players and bench also complained about what they thought was handball inside the box by Inter defender Acerbi and a foul by fullback Denzel Dumfries on Gerard Martin in the build-up to the equalizer which took the game to extra time.
“I don’t want to talk too much about the referee, but every decision that was 50-50 went (Inter’s) way,” German Flick told a press conference.