Barcelona protests, Abrines: “Competitive as long as the referees allow us”

Barcelona complained after the defeat in Game 2 in the semifinals of the Liga ACB playoffs against Real Madrid about the standard of judgment held by the referees, according to the Blaugrana different from that reserved for the Madrid team. If coach Grimau was more calm in the press conference, stating that “the referees do not whistle the incriminating contacts, but that one day these contacts will be called fouls,” Alex Abrines was more harsh. Those are his words.

Abrines’ words about the referees: “Barça have managed to compete as long as the referees have allowed us to. They keep looking at our bench when Real’s bench is doing the same thing. They gave us a technical for asking for an away foul. These things are destabilizing. If they were whistling the same for both teams, you’d accept it, but when one team is being refereed a certain way and then you turn your head and they’re not whistling the same for your opponents…”.