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It seems that the triumph of last season's "Real" footballers in the Spanish "Primera" championship can turn against the "royal" club itself, as from the first rounds referees are doing everything to prevent such a scenario from happening again.
On the second week of the championship, "Barcelona" traveled to Pamplona, where they clashed with the local "Osasuna" team. Last year, the Catalans returned from this city in the Navarre region without any points.
It seemed that lightning would strike the same place twice when Joseba Llorente put the hosts ahead in the first half, and they maintained the lead until the 76th minute.
Then referee Muniz Fernandez took action, not noticing an obvious offside, after which Lionel Messi equalized the match.
Clear offside. Not only that, "Osasuna" defender Francisco Punalis was sent off the field for legitimate protests. He was immediately shown a red card.
The remaining ten players of the "Barcelona" team realized that they could not defeat Tito Vilanova's eleven and the entire refereeing brigade and allowed another goal - in the 80th minute Messi scored again, and the Catalans celebrated a 1-2 victory.
It is worth noting that last Thursday "blaugrana" equalized the result in the first leg of the Super Cup matches against "Real" in the same style. Then Pedro was in an offside position, but the referee's whistle remained silent.
The second league round did not end there, as the "interested parties" did not suffice with three undeserved points against "Barca" - points also had to be deducted from the "Real" club.
The "Merengues" played against the team of "Getafe" from the suburbs of Madrid.
Until an obvious handball. In the 74th minute, the scoreboard showed two ones - Juan Valera responded with a precise header to Gonzalo Higuain's goal.
Then during quick counterattacks, Adrian Colunga played with his hand, gaining an unfair advantage against Raul Albiol. The referee did not notice the violation of the rules (or did not want to notice?), and as a result - Iker Casillas was outsmarted.
An angry Jose Mourinho threw a bunch of attackers onto the field, who failed to share the ball and "Getafe" celebrated a controversial 2-1 victory.
It is not surprising that in the final moments of the match, Fabio Coentrao sitting on the bench saw a red card against himself.
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Results / Table / Video:
GET 2 - 1 RMA:
OSA 1 - 2 FCB:
GRA 1 - 1 SEV:
