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The trainer spoke sharply in connection with the case in which the VAR system spent several minutes examining whether the ball crossed the goal line following Lamine Yamal’s touch. Madrid’s goalkeeper Andriy Lunyin made a last-minute save, but none of the television footage could have been used to clearly decide whether a goal had been scored or not. In the video analysis room, they couldn’t get the ball rolling for a long time either, and in the end it was decided that the ball did not cross the goal line in its entirety. The score was then 1-1.

Among the major leagues, only La Liga does not use goal-line technology, which the president of the association, Javier Tebas, says is too expensive.

At the press conference, Xavi joined the opinion of his goalkeeper, Marc-André ter Stegen, who said in the mixed zone: it is a shame that there was no footage taken from an angle that would have given a clear answer to the question.

If we want to have the best league in the world, we have to use the best technology

– joined the head coach.

Xavi was depressed after the defeat with a goal in the 91st minute, but at the same time he was proud of his team’s performance, based on which he believed Barcelona deserved three points. He called the result unfair and believed that the referee influenced the course of the match with several controversial rulings.

Carlo Ancelotti the coach of Real Madrid did not comment on Xavi’s opinion about the disallowed goal, limiting himself to the fact that there was no footage that proved that the ball clearly crossed the goal line. He added: with the victory, they took an important step towards winning the league title as the end of a “spectacular and unforgettable” week. With this, he referred back to their success on Wednesday, when they bid farewell to defending champion Manchester City on penalties away from home and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.

With their victory on Sunday, the advantage of the capital city – with six rounds to go – is already 11 points in the league table against the second-placed Barcelona.

FOOTBALL
SPANISH LA LIGA, ROUND 32
Real Madrid-Barcelona 3-2 (Vinícius Jr. 18th – from 11th, L. Vázquez 73rd, Bellingham 90+2nd, or Christensen 6th, Fermín López 69th)

(Cover photo: Burak Akbulut/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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