The Argentinean utility player rejected notions of favour of referees working for them and believes Barcelona would have won without them.
After holding http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 to a 0-0 stalemate at the San Siro, AC Milan were on the receiving end of some dubious penalty decisions.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-c33030 Busqets came tumbling down from a delicate tug on a corner.
The second penalty decision has caused a lot of controversy, which was harsh to say the least. Milan attacker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029, stated that he understands how Real Madrid players feel after trips to Camp Nou.
However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javier-Mascherano-c18071 was dismissive of such rants and claimed that Barcelona would have won with or without the penalty decisions awarded to them.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Argentina-c2841 international claimed that Milan failed to create goal-scoring chances of note and cannot call of foul play after being eliminated from the elite European club competition.
Mascherano praised the team's effort in containing the Rossoneri attackers, and not just the defensive performance of Puyol, Pique, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dani-Alves-c9869 and himself.
"They had practically no scoring chances, and that is down to the defensive work carried out by the whole team - not just the defence," the Argentine midfielder argued in response to questions by press representatives.
Barcelona made the way to UEFA Champions League semi-finals for the fifth consecutive edition of the competition, and now hope that they can go all the way to the finals of the storied competition.
However, he added that they still have the two semi-final legs to go through, which Mascherano believes will be their biggest hurdle thus far.
"Now let's hope we can be in a third final in four years. It would be great for the club but there's still one more step and it will be just as hard - or even harder."
Barcelona will take on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, who won the quarter-final against Benfica on a 3-1 aggregate.
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