it was unintentional
this ref sucked, yes, but the handball on licht could have been called too, he also could have second yellowed pogba and vidal. Ref was a non factor for me tbh
Licht's hand didn't move and it was directly by his side. Wasn't extended in the slightest. That's never a penalty.
Pogba shouldn't even have gotten a yellow to begin with when he did. And therefore should never have been in danger of a second yellow.
Vidal could have perhaps been second-yellowed, but none of his fouls after the yellow were particularly egregious so I just don't see it.
On the other hand, Pogba was clearly fouled on the edge of the area at the end of the first half, and no call. Should have been a free kick in prime Pirlo territory. Second, Pogba was tackled in the box, in what should have been an obvious penalty, but was not called. Third, Pogba was clearly fouled to start their run of play for the second goal.
To miss 1 of those is alright. To miss 2 is bad. To miss all 3 of those is an absolute disgrace and 100% biased refereeing considering the standard he set in calling fouls against Juve for absolutely every little thing, including on multiple ridiculous dives by Neymar and Suarez. Both Neymar and Suarez could have been sent off for yellows on diving alone if we want to get into players deserving 2 yellows.
Barca was the stronger team in this match imo. But the ref swallowed his whistle twice in a row, inconsistent to how he'd been calling the entire game up to that point, on two incidents that completely nullified our momentum built up, and gave it, along with the lead, back to Barca.
How this is considered anything other than a major factor is pretty ridiculous.