Barcelona refile complaint over handball decision against Atletico Madrid to UEFA

[p]The Spanish club said in a statement that several refereeing decisions across both legs of the tie, which [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atl-madrid/jaarqpLQ/"]Atletico[/a] won [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/atl-madrid-jaarqpLQ/barcelona-SKbpVP5K/?mid=GAEOMmxS"]3-2 on aggregate[/a], [b]"did not comply with the Laws of the Game, resulting from an incorrect application of the regulations and a lack of appropriate intervention by the VAR system in incidents of clear significance."[/b][/p][p]The Catalan club, which finished both matches with 10 men after the dismissals of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cubarsi-pau/UgTrNwCF/"]Pau Cubarsi[/a] and then [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/garcia-eric/2D2wHSbm/"]Eric Garcia[/a], believe they were on the wrong end of several contentious decisions, including two potential penalty situations that did not trigger VAR intervention.[/p][p][b]"The accumulation of these errors had a direct impact on the course of the matches and on the final outcome of the tie, causing significant sporting and financial harm to the club,"[/b] the reigning Spanish champions added.[/p][embed guid="7d46e26e-a7a2-462f-950d-f63422a18a08" url="https://x.com/FCBarcelona/status/2044817437267308908" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a] said the club "reiterates the requests previously made to UEFA" and offer to "collaborate with the organisation with the aim of improving the refereeing system to ensure a more rigorous, fair and transparent application" of the regulations.[/p][p]On Tuesday, UEFA had rejected as "inadmissible" the five-time Champions League winners' initial complaint regarding a handball on a goal kick by Atletico defender [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pubill-pages-marc/8EZ7QILP/"]Marc Pubill[/a] in the first leg, which his side won 2-0.[/p]