Barcelona star admits he is still ‘a little angry’ about foul call in Champions League semi-final | OneFootball

Barcelona star Gerard Martín has this week reiterated his stance that he was the victim of a non-foul call en route to being sent packing from this past season’s Champions League.

Hansi Flick’s side of course saw their hopes of a historic quadruple dashed in nothing short of devastating fashion back in May.

This came by way of a semi-final extra-time exit from the Champions League at the hands of Inter Milan.

After Barcelona had one foot in the tournament’s finale courtesy of a slender lead in the final minutes at San Siro, Francesco Acerbi popped up with a last-gasp strike to send proceedings to extra-time.

Of the opinion that this goal should have been disallowed, though, is the aforementioned Gerard Martín.

Defender Martín was at the heart of a controversial moment in the direct buildup to Acerbi’s equaliser, which saw the Spaniard go to ground under a challenge from Denzel Dumfries.

Many of a Barcelona persuasion quickly made clear their feelings that the challenge was an unfair one, which should have culminated in a free-kick for their side.

And speaking to the media this week, Martín again admitted that he is of a similar opinion.

Drawn on the incident during an interview with Mundo Deportivo, the left-back explained:

”Yes, for me it was a foul. I’m being honest, because it’s been a while and I’d tell you now. But for me it was a foul.’

”Especially after the game and the next day, I watched the action a lot because I felt something on the field (the foul) that wasn’t called later, and I wanted to check if it was really what I’d felt. I got a little mad about that.”

Conor Laird – GSFN