"Quite clear" penalty should have been awarded on Kounde, says Sevilla's Gudelj

Sevilla player Nemanja Gudelj considered that, although he does not like to talk about referees, he saw “Kounde's hand pushing Sow and knocking him off balance”, a “quite clear penalty” and, “after a dubious decision by the referee, they scored their third goal”.

However, he acknowledged that, “with one player more, I think we should have created more chances”, as Gudelj said in the 'DAZN' microphones, pointing out that, in the first half, they were “very good” and that, in the second half, they came out “relaxed in Pedri's cross for the second goal, difficult to explain”.

On the substitution after suffering a muscular problem, he explained that he felt “a small twinge. I'm a little bit tired, but I was able to finish the match: we'll see how I am tomorrow. I don't think it's anything serious,” he said.

In this way, Barcelona cut the gap to leaders Real Madrid to two points and thus revived their hopes in the fight for the La Liga title, something they had practically lost after a run in which they claimed only 8 points out of a possible 30.

 

February 9, 2025