Mateu Lahoz: "If you think that Negreira influenced the referees, why did I refuse a valid Barça goal for the title match?"
BIG BREAKING: Mateu Lahoz has admitted before Civil Guardia that there were some occasions in his career where he 'harmed' Barça. The referee, who retired this year, has acknowledged that there have been "situations that are difficult to referee" in which "it has benefited some clubs or others".
For example:
• In the 2014 CdR final between Real Madrid and Barça in Di María's 1-0 goal, Mateu Lahoz acknowledges that there was a suspicion of a possible offside but he gave the goal.
• He later also recalled that he anulled a goal against Messi in the match against Atlético de Madrid in the last match that decided the La Liga that season.
• Lahoz also said that he gave a non-existent penalty to Lucas Digne in Las Palmas. “It was the first penalty called against Barça, and it wasn't, after a long time.”
[Via: La Vanguardia]
The Guardia Civil interrogated referees in relation to the Negreira case. The Guardia Civil asked them: "Did Negreira influence your decisions?"... The most common answers by the referees were: "Not at all, Negreira didn't", "0 influence", "Impossible"
Mateu Lahoz declared to the Guardia Civil: "It is impossible that Negreira had the capacity to alter the competition."
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La Vanguardia]