"FC Barcelona reports that it sent a formal letter this Saturday, February 14th, to the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), addressed to its President, the President of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA), the head of VAR and the Director of Legal Advice, in which the Club expresses its deep concern about the repeated homogeneous criteria, the statement read."
"In the statement, Barcelona highlighted their concerns about refereeing spread across five criteria: Lack of consistency in disciplinary criteria Contradictory criteria in hand actions Accumulation of relevant errors Application and transparency of VAR Criteria in the reviews on the monitor"
"The Club wishes to make it clear that this initiative does not intend to question the professionalism of the refereeing body, but rather to demand an urgent review of the criteria applied in order to guarantee: The credibility and prestige of competitions Uniformity in arbitration decisions Equal treatment between clubs."
FC Barcelona sent a formal letter to the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on February 14 following a 4-0 Copa del Rey defeat to Atlético Madrid. The club cited a controversially disallowed Pau Cubarsi goal and an overlooked potential red card on Giuliano Simeone as concrete examples. The complaint lists five refereeing concerns: inconsistent disciplinary criteria, contradictory handball decisions, accumulation of significant errors, VAR application and transparency issues, and monitor-review criteria. The club requests an urgent review to guarantee competition credibility, uniform arbitration, equal treatment, and full publication of all VAR audio recordings.
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