European football’s governing body has already rejected an appeal from Barca regarding the quarter-final against Atletico.
Published on 16 April 2026
Barcelona have lodged a further complaint with UEFA after their protest over a handball incident in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final defeat to Atletico Madrid this week was dismissed.
The Spanish club said in a statement on Thursday that several refereeing decisions in both legs of the tie, which Atletico won 3-2 on aggregate, “did not comply with the rules of the game, resulting in incorrect application of the rules and a lack of appropriate intervention by the VAR system in incidents of obvious importance”.
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The Catalan club, who finished both matches with 10 players after the dismissals of Pau Cubarsi and then Eric Garcia, believe they were on the wrong end of several controversial decisions, including two potential penalty situations that did not trigger VAR intervention.
“The accumulation of these errors had a direct impact on the course of matches and on the final outcome of contests, causing significant sporting and financial losses to the club,” the reigning Spanish champions said.
Barcelona said the club “reiterates the requests previously made to UEFA” and offered to “cooperate with the organization with the aim of improving the refereeing system to ensure a more rigorous, fair and transparent application of the rules”.
On Tuesday, UEFA rejected as “unacceptable” the five-time Champions League winners’ initial complaint regarding handball on a goal kick by Atletico defender Marc Pabil in the first leg, which his team won 2-0.
