Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard admitted that the decisive penalty awarded to his side in Saturday's 2-1 win at Real Zaragoza was harsh. Ronaldinho converted a late spot kick after Juanfran was adjudged to commit a handball inside the area, but Rijkaard seems to disagree with the referee. "It appeared to me that the handball was unintentional," the Barca coach said after the game. "But I am only thinking about the importance of the fact that we have done our job, it was a hard and open game in which Zaragoza played very well in the second half." Barcelona's victory coupled with a defeat to arch rivals Real Madrid at Real Betis as the gap on the leaders was closed to five points.
Schuster Roma Looming Real coach Bernd Schuster believes his side deserved to get a draw from Betis as the German has sights on Tuesday's Champions League tie at Roma. "I think we relaxed too much. We failed to score from our second chance, helping Betis to come back and win a great victory, too much of a prize for them in my opinion," said Schuster. "We deserved to at least draw the game. That would've been fair." "The match against Roma will be very important and my men will be much more motivated for it. It has nothing to do with tonight's game."
