PSG sends UEFA list of bad calls made by referee in collapse against Barcelona
Paris Saint-Germain are not happy with the performance of referee Deniz Aytekin in their stunning collapse against Barcelona in last week's Champions League round of 16. Now, they want to make sure UEFA knows just how upset they are, sending the governing body a list of all the calls they believe Aytekin got wrong in the second leg, where they blew a 4-0 aggregate late and gave up three goals in the last seven minutes to go out.
PSG's list includes (via Marca):
Now, in PSG's defense, some of these calls were missed and, as is always the case, they impact the match. However, some of these are marginal, at best, and the list looks a lot more egregious when you only name every time your team had a call go against you and not the times the referee made calls in your favor.
There is another list that may better explain how PSG blew their lead and allowed Barcelona to make the greatest comeback in Champions League history, though.
All of the things PSG manager Unai Emery got wrong in the second leg:
So basically, PSG throttled Barcelona in the first leg because of some very aggressive tactics that pitted their extreme athleticism against Barcelona's minimal athleticism, but decided to abandon it all in the second leg and do the opposite. That might have something to do with losing 6-1 at the Camp Nou. Maybe even more than the referee.
