{"id":1523,"date":"2026-04-09T15:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:06:34","slug":"lets-stop-messing-around-musso-brushes-off-pubill-handball-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/lets-stop-messing-around-musso-brushes-off-pubill-handball-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Let&#8217;s stop messing around&#8217; &#8211; Musso brushes off Pubill handball claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-6.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-6-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-6-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Atletico Madrid\u2019s 2-0 triumph over Barcelona, Juan Musso voiced his frustration over the scrutiny surrounding a controversial incident involving Marc Pubill. The Argentine goalkeeper dismissed the penalty appeals as &#8216;insignificant&#8217;, insisting the moment had no bearing on the result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary flashpoint of the Barca-Atletico clash involved a contentious incident between Juan Musso and Marc Pubill. The Blaugrana were adamant they should have been awarded a penalty, claiming the Argentine goalkeeper had already returned the ball to play before his defender handled it inside the area. The referee, however, remained unmoved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking in the mixed zone, the &#8216;Rojiblanco&#8217; goalkeeper was grilled on the matter but initially sought to shift the focus. &#8220;Let&#8217;s talk about the match in general,&#8221; he urged. &#8220;They played a great game, and it&#8217;s always a pleasure to compete at this level. This rivalry is a huge motivator for us, but we cannot dwell on a passage of play where the ball was clearly not in play.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Musso eventually tackled the controversy head-on, offering a blunt assessment of the situation. &#8220;It changes nothing. If Pubill had been trying to gain an advantage under pressure, you could perhaps interpret it differently. But honestly lads, let&#8217;s stop messing around\u2014it was of no significance whatsoever,&#8221; he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Argentine custodian concluded by reiterating that the debate was over &#8220;absolutely nothing,&#8221; firmly backing the official\u2019s stance that the ball was dead at the time of the contact. &#8220;The referee makes the call, not us,&#8221; he asserted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Atletico Madrid\u2019s 2-0 triumph over Barcelona, Juan Musso voiced his frustration over the scrutiny surrounding a controversial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1525,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523\/revisions\/1525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}