Barcelona tasted the bitterness of their second defeat this season in La Liga, this time at the hands of Real Sociedad by a clean goal at Anoeta Stadium in the 13th round.
Perhaps the refereeing played a major role in this defeat, after refusing to count a goal for Robert Lewandowski that almost turned the match upside down.
The Polish international scored a goal in the 14th minute, but the automatic offside technology intervened and counted the game as offside despite the fact that Lewandowski was clearly in a correct position.
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It is clear that the technology made a mistake in identifying Lewandowski, and switched between his shoe and the shoe of the Real Sociedad defender, considering him in the place of the defender and thus he was considered offside, in a major refereeing scandal.
Real Sociedad scored the winning goal through Sheraldo Becker in the 33rd minute, and all attempts by the Blaugrana to return in the second half failed.
It is noteworthy that Barça entered the match without its first star, Lamine Yamal, after he left the match list due to an overloaded muscle and the danger to him if he played.
Barcelona’s balance froze at 33 points at the top of the La Liga standings, so Real Madrid can reduce the difference with Barça to 3 points in the event of winning its postponed match against Valencia.
