Danny Makkelie was in charge of the squatter between Juventus and Barcelona in the group stage of the Champions League on Wednesday evening. As the trainer of the Catalans, Ronald Koeman is very pleased with the way in which the Dutch referee and his team have handled the game. “A compliment for the management,” said Koeman afterwards SBS6.

Makkelie rejected a total of three goals from Juventus. Álvaro Morata scored three goals, but each time did so in an offside position. “It was offside in all cases,” said Koeman. “The decisions of the VAR were right. Tonight we saw how video arbitration can be important, namely in offside situations.” In the second half, Makkelie sent Juventus defender Merih Demiral off the field with a red card, but the man got yellow cards for fouls against Lionel Messi and Miralem Pjanic.

After Demiral was sent away, Juventus could no longer make a fist. Just before the end, Makkelie put the ball on the spot after a foul by Federico Bernardeschi on Ansu Fati. From eleven meters Messi determined the final score at 0-2. “It is frustrating to play with ten men,” Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo said Sky Italia. “We couldn’t put more pressure.” Juventus was also hardly threatening for the red card of Demiral. “Our plan was to separate the Barcelona defense. But we played too close together and were too much on the same line. ”

Pirlo saw on Wednesday evening that there is still enough work to be done for his team. “We knew it was going to be difficult against a team like Barcelona that plays good football. It was a match that is very useful for us. We must learn from this and grow. We’ll have to make the ball go around faster. Only then do we more often end up in one-on-one situations. We failed to do that tonight. ”