After tonight, expect a volcanic eruption in Spain! The ongoing vivid debate and argument about the referees has reached its climax following a highly controversial call in favour of Barcelona on Monday night. The Blaugrana have celebrated a 1-0 home win over Rayo Vallecano, but social media have exploded even before the half-time whistle, talking about Melero Lopez’s suspicious decision to annul De Frutos’ equalizer due to an offside. The VAR review showed that De Frutos was actually onside, unlike his teammate Nteka. Although it seemed like Nteka didn’t interfere in the action, the ref thought that he interrupted the trajectory of Inigo Martinez when he was trying to reach De Frutos.How is this offside??? Barcelona robbed Rayo VallecanoYou can say oh the offside player blocked Martinez but he would’ve still scored… pic.twitter.com/z2JblQh2G9— Avazbek (@RMA_Bek) February 17, 2025 The very next moment, X was full of criticism and harsh comments from non-Barca fans, probably Real Madrid’s supporters, who were in the majority. This will cause a lot of stir in the next few days as rumours (false, though, probably) were heard about Los Blancos’ dissatisfaction with officiating.That aside, it was quite an exciting clash, with just one goal, as Lewandowski scored from the spot (that stood), but a whole bunch of chances on both sides. Raphinha could have even scored a hat-trick, while Lamine Yamal also failed to convert from a few promising opportunities. Still, don’t get us wrong – the Madrid-based underdogs punched way above their weight and deserved a draw, but Szczesny made a couple of incredible saves and kept a clean sheet. Moreover, De Frutos missed a header from a close range in the stoppage time, which could have changed the entire outcome.20th La Liga goal of the season for Robert Lewandowski 🫶 pic.twitter.com/nc21Csq3wZ— B/R Football (@brfootball) February 17, 2025 After this victory, Barcelona joined Real Madrid at the top of the table with 51 points (they have a slightly better goal difference), while Atletico Madrid are just a point adrift of the league leaders. What a crazy three-horce title race we’re witnessing!LA LIGA – MATCHDAY 24Friday Girona – Getafe 1-2 (0-1)/Herrera 54 – Uche 3, Mayoral 62/Saturday Leganes – Alaves 3-3 (2-1)/Raba 10 pen, 37 pen, Munir 88 – Garcia 25, Jordan 50, 68/Osasuna – Real Madrid 1-1 (0-1)/Budimir 58 pen – Mbappe 15/Atl.Madrid – Celta 1-1 (0-0)/Sorloth 81 – Aspas 68 pen/Villarreal – Valencia 1-1 (1-0)/Gueye 32 – Sadiq 84/Sunday Espanyol – Ath. Bilbao 1-1 (0-0)/Fernandez 62 – Sancet 77/Valladolid – Sevilla 0-4 (0-2)/Sanchez 5,67, Romero 45+1, Lukebakio 84/Mallorca – Las Palmas 3-1 (3-0)/Muriqi 7,28, Rodriguez 35 – Bajcetic 62/Betis – Sociedad 3-0 (0-0)/Antony 51, Roca 64,69/Monday Barcelona – Rayo Vallecano 1-0 (1-0)/Lewandowski 28 pen/
