Clos Gómez was the man under fire this weekend after he awarded no less than three second-half penalties to Barcelona against Sporting Gijón, the last of which at least being highly questionable. Vranjes was shown a second yellow card for the incident, leaving the visitors with ten men, and they launched an appeal against the booking which the disciplinary committee upheld today.
Earlier in the match Clos turned down a penalty claim by the Asturians after Piqué blocked a Halilovic shot on the line, which if given would have earned the defender a straight red card (question: where does the shoulder end and the upper arm begin?), and furthermore Luis Suárez was offside when he made it 2-0.
On the other hand though Barça could have had yet another penalty before the three they got after Vranjes blocked a Jordi Alba shot with his elbow, and as the result in the end was 6-0, the result probably wouldn’t have been much different. It did however enrage some sections of the media, and a Madrid based sports paper which shall remain nameless (Marca) analyzed the record 19 penalties which have been awarded to the Catalans this season, concluding that seven were incorrect. Ah well, it all adds to the fun! (27.04.16)
Name | Games played | Yellow cards | Red cards | Total |
Iglesias Villanueva | 22 | 147 | 12 | 159 |
Clos Gómez | 23 | 143 | 9 | 152 |
Sánchez Martínez | 20 | 141 | 9 | 150 |
Velasco Carballo | 21 | 137 | 10 | 147 |
González González | 23 | 134 | 8 | 142 |
Del Cerro Grande | 21 | 135 | 6 | 141 |
Fernández Borbolán | 21 | 124 | 9 | 133 |
Jaime Latre | 21 | 122 | 7 | 129 |
Gil Manzano | 20 | 125 | 3 | 128 |
Estrada Fernández | 21 | 114 | 8 | 122 |