Barcelona saw their season slip away from them with a 3-2 defeat to arch rivals Real Madrid on Sunday night, following a stoppage time winner from Jude Bellingham for the second time this season. The Blaugrana felt they were denied a perfectly good goal though, with VAR not intervening when Lamine Yamal thought he had scored.
Manager Xavi Hernandez was furious after the match, and goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, usually a much more measured character, called it a disgrace that La Liga have not implemented goal-line technology. The incident entered the surreal with Ilkay Gundogan asking the referee Cesar Soto Grado to check his watch for a notification, assuming that it would be in place.
🚨💥 Análisis del gol fantasma del Real Madrid – Barcelona.
👉🏻 El balón traspasa por completo la línea.
❌ 𝗘𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗟.
▪️ La falta de recursos de LaLiga privó al Barcelona de un tanto completamente legal. pic.twitter.com/9EG7yy28rr
— Archivo VAR (@ArchivoVAR) April 22, 2024
🚨 The entire ball crossed the line yesterday. Barcelona should have been given a goal. @ArchivoVAR pic.twitter.com/wO6SnmAyOt
— barcacentre (@barcacentre) April 22, 2024
A fresh video appears to show that Andriy Lunin did not get to the ball in time, with his body behind the line, and the ball looks fairly clearly in.
🚨EL BALÓN REBASÓ POR COMPLETO LA LÍNEA DE GOL‼️ pic.twitter.com/ZzCUTzsEmw
— Zona Blaugrana (@Zona_Blaugrana) April 22, 2024
However from the angle the camera is at, it is impossible to say conclusively, as a top-down camera would be needed. On the other hand Canal+ in Poland have emitted a 3D recreation of the goal, where they claim the whole ball is not over the line.
Piłka 𝐍𝐈𝐄 przekroczyła linii bramkowej!❌ VAR ostatecznie podjął słuszną decyzję!👍
📺 El Clasico możecie oglądać w CANAL+ PREMIUM i CANAL+ online: https://t.co/ZOdlmLP9Cz pic.twitter.com/Pr1HoxbQ7T
— CANAL+ SPORT (@CANALPLUS_SPORT) April 21, 2024
Both Being Sport + Canal+ released the footage of the ball.
The ball didn't entirely cross the line.
& it's not Real Madrid's fault that Laliga doesn't have a goal line technology.
BARCA actually voted for Tebas salary increment while Real Madrid was against it.
So, deal with it pic.twitter.com/Dr4bFB2WCZ— Ksquare (@kunlexco001) April 22, 2024
Ultimately, there will be no way of ever knowing, but it does highlight the point that goal-line technology would have avoided any controversy within seconds. Given the amount of money that a win, a place in the table, qualification or relegation can mean to teams, the reported €3-4m cost of the techonolgy seems insignificant.
2 clasico victories out of 10
660 millions wasted in assets
2 eliminations in EL
1,6 billion debt
Last CL win 2015
Coach carouselle, 4 last coaches resulted in only 3 trophies
2 trophies in last 3 seasons
Another 0 trophy season
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 🫵🤣
“However from the angle the camera is at, it is impossible to say conclusively”
With todays computers you can create anything you wish. The archive var image is pretty much that, wishful thinking.
It is only possible to see that from an angle directly above.
The Polish video is as much of evidence as Archivo VAR. Fact remains, is that you can not give a goal if it isn’t 100 per cent clear. People have no idea how much angles can distort a look on the whole thing.
“BARCA actually voted for Tebas salary increment while Real Madrid was against it.”
Sí señor!
That spinning camera angle is BS. You can clearly see from the photo that it is NOT completely over the line. This crying stuff is unprecedented – even for Barca. Even Xavi acted as if they were winning and some random guy called Bellingham came on to the field and scored the winning goal in the final minutes. The game is over – go home.
Accurate post ans I disagree with one thing only – the crying part. To me, its pretty much en par with their usual whining.
That the so-called “ghost goal” was not given in favour of FC Barcelona was not the reason FC Barcelona lost the match.
The team was simply not effective enough to win the match. And that ineffectiveness can be rightly attributed the the technical deficiency of Xavi Hernandez as the manager of the team.
If he were to stay as the manager for next season,it is my expectation that he has used the last and on-going season to acquire requisite experience and technical know-how to manage the team next season.
FC Barcelona deserve the best,nothing less!