The Barcelona president stated that he will ask the Technical Committee of Referees and the Royal Spanish Football Federation for all the images and audio recordings concerning Lamine Yamal's ghost goal
Following a contentious El Clasico defeat at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Barcelona president Joan Laporta has broken his silence, raising significant concerns over the use of VAR during the match against Real Madrid.
Laporta expressed his dissatisfaction with several disputable decisions made during the game, most notably involving a 'ghost goal' by Lamine Yamal.
He announced plans to request all relevant images and audio recordings from the Technical Committee of Referees and the Royal Spanish Football Federation to thoroughly review the incident.
«Yesterday there were several questionable moments, but above all there is one that is key and could lead to a change in the outcome of the match,» Laporta stated.
«As you can imagine, I am talking about Lamine Yamal's ghost goal. As a club, we want to be sure of what happened and I would like to inform you that Barcelona will ask the Technical Committee of Referees and the Royal Spanish Football Federation to provide us with all the images and audio recordings of the incident».
In a determined statement, Laporta indicated that if the review confirms that the goal was valid and there was a mistake in the original call, Barcelona would not hesitate to take legal action and may even request the match be replayed.
«If, once we have analysed the evidence, we believe that there was an error in the assessment of the situation,» Laporta continued, which is what we think happened, we will take all the appropriate action to correct the matter, not excluding any legal action that may be
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