{"id":56207,"date":"2026-04-16T02:57:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=56207"},"modified":"2026-04-16T02:57:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:57:28","slug":"it-was-a-robbery-raphinha-blasts-referees-after-barcelona-loss-to-atletico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/16\/it-was-a-robbery-raphinha-blasts-referees-after-barcelona-loss-to-atletico\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt Was a Robbery\u201d \u2014 Raphinha Blasts Referees After Barcelona Loss to Atl\u00e9tico \u2013 Eduzim News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post_data\">\n<p>\u201cIt Was a Robbery\u201d \u2014 Raphinha Blasts Referees After Barcelona Loss to Atl\u00e9tico<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sports Correspondent \u2013 FC Barcelona forward Raphinha has launched a furious attack on match officials following his side\u2019s UEFA Champions League elimination at the hands of Atl\u00e9tico Madrid on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian winger did not hold back after the final whistle, suggesting that refereeing decisions played a decisive role in Barcelona\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it was a robbery. I really wanted to understand this fear among referees of Barcelona reaching the win,\u201d said Raphinha.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona bowed out of the competition after a 3-2 aggregate defeat, despite securing a 2-1 victory in the second leg away from home.<\/p>\n<p>The Catalan giants had put themselves under pressure after suffering a 2-0 loss in the first leg, leaving them with a mountain to climb heading into the return fixture in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Although they responded with a spirited performance and managed to win on the night, it was not enough to overturn the deficit, with Atl\u00e9tico Madrid advancing to the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Raphinha\u2019s comments are likely to stir controversy, as frustration mounts within the Barcelona camp over yet another Champions League disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- #comments --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Robbery #Raphinha #Blasts #Referees #Barcelona #Loss #Atl\u00e9tico #ZimEye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt Was a Robbery\u201d \u2014 Raphinha Blasts Referees After Barcelona Loss to Atl\u00e9tico Sports Correspondent \u2013 FC Barcelona forward Raphinha&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[9957,842,4523,6694,1696,202,10468,3215,327],"class_list":["post-56207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi","category-world","tag-atletico","tag-barcelona","tag-blasts","tag-eduzim","tag-loss","tag-news","tag-raphinha","tag-referees","tag-robbery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56209,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56207\/revisions\/56209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}