Barcelona: Argentina-Netherlands referee controlled La Liga match for Barcelona. Barcelona drew 1-1 against Espanyol. Barca scored first through Marco Alonso in the seventh minute. But Joselu scored a penalty and equalized for Barca.
This match was also controlled by the referee Mathieu Lahoz, who controlled the controversial Argentina-Netherlands match in the World Cup. The referee card was issued 14 times in the Barcelona-Espanyol match. In this, each player of Barca and Espanyol received a red card.
From the 25th minute, Lahos started pulling out the cards. In the 71st minute, Joselu was kicked by Marcos Alonso in the penalty box. In the 78th minute, Barca player Jordi Alba was shown a second yellow card and then a red card. The red car also went up against Vinicius Sousa who kicked Lewandowski in the head. In the 83rd minute, the Espanyol player raised the red against Cabrera, but the card was withdrawn during the war inspection.
In La Liga, Barca, who are second behind Real Madrid by one point, could have won again and would have regained the lead. Lewandowski, who was banned for three matches during the World Cup, came to play for Barca through a court ruling.