Referee Mateu Lahoz gave out 14 bookings, 3 red cards and overturned one of those sendings off during the fierce Barcelona vs Espanyol match on Saturday.
Recall that Mateu Lahoz was the referee who gave out 17 yellow cards during Argentina vs Netherlands at the World Cup.
Following complaints about his officiating at the World Cup, FIFA asked him to go home, saying he would no longer referee at the World Cup.
However, Barcelona vs Espanyol game descended into farce as referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz sent off Jordi Alba and the Espanyol pair of Vinicius Souza and Leandro Cabrera in quick succession amid a flurry of cards before rescinding Cabrera’s red after a VAR review.