"With the scoreline at 1-0, in the 85th minute, Jorge Herrando seemed to have equalised for Osasuna, diverting the ball into the net from a free-kick. But the referee decided to disallow it as Barcelona's Joan Garcia was tripped by Alejandro Catena, who had fallen onto the ground and into the goalkeeper's path. After Osasuna manager Alessio Lisci aired his grievances over his team's goal being disallowed, now the club president, Luis Sabalza, has shared his opinion on the controversial moment."
""What we have to do is express our disagreement with these refereeing decisions, but we are not going to report them either," said Sabalza, as quoted by SPORT. Not stopping there, the Osasuna chief added: "The truth is that we have been harmed. I am not saying that they should benefit us, but they should not harm us." Osasuna did not make things easy for Barcelona on Saturday, with their low block frustrating the champions for a long time."
Barcelona recovered from a brief dip to win five consecutive matches across all competitions, opening a lead at the top of La Liga and keeping Champions League top-eight hopes alive. The Catalans beat Osasuna 2-0 at the Spotify Camp Nou, with Raphinha scoring in the 70th minute and again shortly after an Osasuna equaliser was ruled out in the 85th minute. Jorge Herrando's apparent equaliser was disallowed after Alejandro Catena fell into goalkeeper Joan García's path and was judged to have tripped him; VAR confirmed the call. Osasuna president Luis Sabalza said the club had been harmed but would not lodge a report. Osasuna frustrated Barcelona with a low block for long periods.
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