La Liga: Lionel Messi Denied Perfectly Good Goal As Barcelona Draw With Valencia (Video)

Alan Duffy

26th, November 2017

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A cracker from Jordi Alba extended Barcelona’s unbeaten run in La Liga against a revitalised Valencia side at the Mestalla.

However, Barca were unlucky not to come away with all three points, after Lionel Messi’s long-range effort was ruled out by referee Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva, despite clearly crossing the line.

The incident happened in the first-half, with Messi’s effort squirming past Neto and clearly behind the line before the ‘keeper pushed the ball out of the goal.

The ref, who was standing outside the box, waved play on, leaving the visiting players fuming.

To make matters worse for Barca, Rodrigo would open the scoring for Valencia on the hour-mark, via a close-range effort.

However, a superb effort from full-back Alba (from a magnificent Messi assist) would give the Catalans a share of the points.

Barca stay top, four points clear of Valenica, who look a very different side to the one who laboured so badly under Gary Neville not so long ago.

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  1. usrick says:

    Referee should have have seen the goal, but the Referee’s Assistant is the one responsible to be in position if the ball is or is not in the goal. Other videos show him well out of position, 12 to 15 yards from the end line and not moving closer to it.

  2. Pep says:

    Gonna have to pull you up on that snide little comment about Gary Neville at the bottom. His failure at Valencia has been blown way out of proportion.

    He had a better record than the two managers who followed him. Marcelino is doing a top job, but Marcelino is class

  3. Maria says:

    If this had happened in England could the ‘keeper be retrospectively charged with ‘successful deception of a match official’? He must have known the ball had crossed the line so is a dirty cheat.

  4. maria says:

    If this had happened in England could the ‘keeper be retrospectively charged with ‘successful deception of a match official’? He had to know it crossed the line so he’s a dirty cheat.

  5. Bruno says:

    This is probably the first referee decision against Barcelona.
    Congratulations, Ignacio.

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