With 'El Clasico' now behind us, Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao confronted off within the second semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup. There were masses of possibilities and Atletico Madrid had a intention disallowed after 8 seconds. There was also moments of controversy though.
They did so thanks to two viable penalties which referee Cuadra Fernandez let cross. In the primary incident, Lemar got beyond Berenguer and went down under contact from Berenguer. However, the referee stated no penalty for Atletico Madrid.
In the second one half, Kondogbia appeared to step on Sancet's boot from behind whilst he become heading in the direction of Jan Oblak's purpose. The touch passed off just on the threshold of the box so there was a debate on social media on what the decision need to were.
In any case, the referee's decision turned into to play on on each events. There became additionally controversy off the pitch as Saudi Arabia broke its personal vaccintion policies to allow gamers like Renan Lodi into the united states of america no matter no longer being vaccinated.
