Barcelona running out of patience with dubious refereeing and unobjective television broadcasting

As we embark on the second international break of the new season, Barcelona have time to retrospect on their performances.

The club have secured 21 points from nine matches so far in La Liga, three behind league leaders Real Madrid.

However, more than the performance, Barcelona are worried about the state of the league’s refereeing and selective broadcasting.

Barcelona losing patience with refereeing

According to a report from Toni Juanmarti, Barcelona are seemingly losing patience with the quality of refereeing in La Liga.

The club have already been the subject of various calls that could have easily gone their way. For example, in the recent game against Granada, Andreas Christensen could have easily gotten a penalty, but the referees didn’t even recheck the incident.

On the flip side, for Sergi Roberto’s goal, the referees looked at the strike from various different angles, almost as if to deliberately find a way to nullify the goal while Joao Felix had his strike chalked off in stoppage time.

Barcelona ended up drawing 2-2, costing the club two valuable points, which in turn, helped Real Madrid extend their lead at the top of the table.

Selective broadcasting also an issue

In addition to the poor refereeing, Barcelona have also pointed out inaccuracies when it comes to broadcasting.

Whenever coach Xavi Hernandez protests, the camera often goes straight to the Spaniard. Whereas in the case of other coaches, that is simply not the case.

The footage of Christensen’s possible penalty incident was also hardly shown during the broadcast

Keeping these things in mind, Barcelona are now considering the possibility of not attending the TV during halftime of the matches, as a sign of protest against La Liga, who have yet to take any noticeable action against its refereeing and selective broadcasting.

As the season progresses, it will be interesting to see if the Spanish football league takes any measures to improve the quality of football in the top flight.