On Tuesday, the strongest European football teams will compete again in the UEFA Champions League knockout matches.
Indeed, for some of them, catching success may be helped by the match referee's decision to award a penalty kick towards the opponent's goal.
According to the foreign press, which team received the most favor from referees since the 2003/04 season has been "Barcelona". The Catalans were awarded 31 penalties and scored 23 goals.
In second place is Munich's "Bayern" (28, 21-7), third is Madrid's "Real" club (26, 18-8).
Also in the top group are London's "Arsenal" (24, 18-6), "Chelsea" (18, 14-4), and "Porto" (16, 12-4) clubs.
Manchester United, who have been playing in the tournament for a long time, cannot boast of popularity among referees (14, 10-4).
