Barcelona's Pedri: UEFA should 'look into' referee after Inter Milan loss - ESPN

Barcelona midfielder Pedri has urged UEFA to investigate the refereeing performance in Tuesday's harrowing 4-3 Champions League semifinal defeat to Inter Milan at San Siro.

Raphinha's 87th-minute winner looked to have set Barça on course for a first final since 2015, but a late equaliser from Francesco Acerbi and Davide Frattesi's extra-time strike earned Inter a remarkable 4-3 win on the night, 7-6 on aggregate.

«It's not the first time this happens to us with this referee, UEFA should look into it,» Pedri told reporters after the game.

«Every 50-50 for them… There are things that I don't understand and which are hard to explain.»

Asked what was difficult to understand, he added: «In the penalty on Lamine [Yamal], which was after given as a free kick, there's no booking for [Henrikh] Mkhitaryan, which would have been his second booking.»

Inter midfielder Mkhitaryan was cautioned for that challenge on Yamal, which was his first yellow card of the game.

Polish official Szymon Marciniak, who refereed the World Cup final in 2022, was in charge of the match. He was also the referee when Barça and Inter drew 3-3 in the group stage of the Champions League in 2022, a result which effectively eliminated Barça.

Meanwhile, the VAR officials for the match were the Dutch duo Pol Van Boekel and Dennis Higler, who were also on VAR duty when Barça last played at San Siro, also in 2022.

That match ended 1-0 in Inter's favour, with Barça furious at the decision to rule out a Pedri goal for an Ansu Fati handball and not give a penalty when Denzel Dumfries handled.

Marciniak actually gave two of the major calls on Tuesday in Barça's favour initially — not calling Pau Cubarsí's challenge on Lautaro Martínez a penalty and giving Mkhitaryan's