In an institutional message, Joan Laporta has criticized the misuse of VAR during the classic, which hurt Barça in the classic against Madrid (3-2), whose defeat has cost them practically losing the League because they are already 11 points away. “As president of Barça, I want to convey the dissatisfaction that a day after one of the most important matches in world football, the misuse of a tool like the VAR is setting our agenda,” said the leader, who revealed that the club is even considering asking for “a replay of the match” if it is confirmed that Lamine Yamal’s ‘ghost goal’ was legal.
Laporta thus joined the complaints expressed by Xavi and Ter Stegen at the Bernabéu. “It’s a total injustice,” cried the coach. “It’s a shame that there is no goal-line technology,” said the German goalkeeper in reference to Lamine Yamal’s ‘ghost goal’. “I am in favor of using VAR to avoid errors that could lead to unfair decisions,” stressed the Barça president.
“With this appearance I not only want to reflect the discontent of Barcelona fans due to the management of the VAR,” said Laporta. “It continues to cause confusion and contradictory criteria depending on the games and teams,” added the Barça leader, considering that the VAR “undervalues the competition because it should help make it fairer and not the other way around.”
“If the club understands that there was an error in the interpretation of the play, which is what we think, we will implement all the appropriate actions without ruling out, obviously, the legal actions that are necessary. If it is confirmed that it was a goal “legally we will ask for a replay of the match”
In that sense, the Barça president explained that in the classic “there were various debatable plays”, but there is a “capital” because it can influence the final result of the match “I am referring to Lamine’s ghost goal and as a club we want to have the security of that action, so we will immediately request the Technical Committee of Referees and the Spanish Football Federation to provide us with all the images and audios of that play.”
Barça defends itself by attacking
With that information in hand, Barça would draw up its defense strategy. “If the club understands that there was an error in the interpretation of the play, which is what we think, we will implement all the appropriate actions without, obviously, ruling out any necessary legal actions. “If it is confirmed that it was a legal goal, we will ask for a replay of the match.”
Barça considers that that match should be repeated, just as it happened “in a European match due to the VAR error.” But it is not Laporta’s only reason for complaint. “We will focus on this play of Lamine’s ghost goal, but there are also other plays that could be reviewed and consulted in the VAR, this tool was incomprehensibly ignored by the referee.”
2024-04-22 13:35:50
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