Olympiacos was defeated 6-1 at the home of Barcelona for the 3rd matchday of the League Phase of the Champions League, remaining within the one point they had taken from their encounter with Paphos.
The “red and whites” fought it out in Montjuic, but collapsed in the second half of the match, after Ese’s dismissal and Yamal’s penalty goal, two phases which brought the reaction of Jose Luis Mendiliber.
The Swiss referee of the match, Urs Schneidermade significant errors in both the Argentina midfielder’s sending-off and the penalty he awarded shortly afterwards, infuriating UEFA’s head of refereeing, Roberto Rossetti, who witnessed his colleague’s errors first-hand as he watched the match.
In fact, his mistakes were also commented on by the Spanish media, after “Marca” and “As”, and the “The Confidential” commented in her article on bad refereeing, making excuses for a scandal and for a referee who ruined the game!
The referee Urs Schnyder charged Barca-Olympiacos with an expulsion invented by simulation of Casado and a penalty on Rashford that did not exist.
It has been one of the major arbitration scandals of recent times. Vergonzoso.
https://t.co/f1VEljpjQv— Albert Ortega (@AlbertOrtegaES1) October 21, 2025
Source: Sport Fm
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