Was going for goal: Yamal comes clean over “ridiculous assist” to Raphinha in Barca’s UCL win against Benfica

González Fuertes called De Burgos Bengoechea to review Asencio's action on the Brazilian

After reviewing the play at the VAR, Spanish referee Ricardo De Burgos Bengoechea ruled that it was not a criminal shot in favor of FC Barcelona.

Was going for goal: Yamal comes clean over “ridiculous assist” to Raphinha in Barca’s UCL win against Benfica

Commentators raved about Lamine Yamal’s “ridiculous assist” for Barcelona’s opener in their Champions League win over Benfica on Tuesday but the Spanish teenager confessed he had been going for goal rather than trying to set up teammate Raphinha. The 17-year-old weaved his way through the Benfica defence in the 11th minute before Raphinha finished off the move with a close-range volley as the Spaniards won 3-1 on the night and 4-1 on aggregate i…

The final between Barcelona and Real Madrid may not have reached the extension, since the main collegiate, Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, pointed out penaltyti in the 90+5 minute of Raúl Asencio on Raphinha that the collegiate annulled after reviewing the action in the monitor of the VAR when being warned that the Brazilian "already" was "tracing the foot when you can produce the contact below"."I recommend you ‘Richi’ that you come to see the pe…

The Copa del Rey final between Barça and Madrid could not have gone to extra time. The main referee, Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, awarded a penalty in the 96th minute for a tackle by Raúl Asencio on Raphinha, but ended up overturning it after reviewing it on the VAR monitor, which stated that the Brazilian “was already dragging his foot when contact could have occurred”. Two minutes after the play, the VAR referees told the main referee over th…