Was it Lamine Yamal’s goal? Iturralde González analyzes the play of the ghost goal in the Classic between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona | Sports

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In the 27th minute of the Clásico between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabéu, Raphinha took a corner with the score at 1-1. Lamine Yamal, at the near post, touched the ball towards the goal. The white footballer who was defending the post, Fede Valverde, had left the area and the ball was sneaking in when Lunin, Real Madrid’s Ukrainian goalkeeper, cleared to the limit. The Barça players asked for a goal and the whites assured that Lunin had cleared before the ball completely crossed the goal line. The VAR reviewed the play and the match referee, Cesar Soto Grado, decided not to give a goal. The referee signaled a corner, but in the television broadcast there was no image that validated one decision or another.

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“Have you noticed the detail about Gündogan?” Iturralde González assured live. The German midfielder from FC Barcelona pointed to the clock area, where referees in leagues such as the Premier League, Serie A or Ligue 1 have goal-scoring technology. This does not exist in LaLiga EA Sports. “It’s the third phantom goal today, Sunday. I say it so that here, in our league, we put in the three million euros and we don’t have to go through this,” lamented the Carrusel Deportivo referee. “The clubs have to say that LaLiga has to have goal-scoring technology, that they are playing for a league title and that this cannot be,” he added.

The analysis of Iturralde González

Regarding the move, Iturralde has been blunt: it is an act of faith. “If you don’t have an image that shows that the ball goes in completely or that it doesn’t… the images that we have seen do not have perspective. The image that we have seen that seems clearest is lateral, it is not valid because it has no perspective. The thing is that Now you have to make an act of faith,” explained Iturralde González. “There is neither a camera that shows that the ball goes in nor a camera that shows that it does not go in,” the former referee later reported on the SER channel.

“It is a play for all tastes. There is no image that shows that the ball goes in or not in. It is not opinion, it is information. If the referee gives a goal, the VAR cannot call him to say that it is not. The VAR “He doesn’t have images to prove that it goes in or that it doesn’t go in. Physically, there is no camera there. If the referee thought it was a goal, this play, for me, is the most serious thing in the game.” , he later added in Carrusel Canalla. “The most worrying thing for me is that the best league in the world cannot demonstrate whether a ball goes in or not,” he reiterated.

LaLiga’s reaction to the controversy

“This action is going to make LaLiga buy the license for the goal technology,” commented the director of Carrusel Deportivo, Dani Garrido, after the arbitration decision. Minutes later, the president of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, alluded on his social networks to several errors of this technology to justify that it is not applied in our league. “The debate is very simple. He makes some mistakes and it is true that there are mistakes in France, in Germany… but if we continue that way, we would have to take our hawk’s eye off in the World Cup, in the Champions League, in Europe League, in Conference League… Let’s remove it from everywhere, to see what it looks like for all of football,” said Iturralde González. “There is also another small trap. Even if that technology has failed, you can have compatible systems. Good cameras and goal technology. We talk a lot about transparency. They should put the image with which the VAR referee has said that it is not a goal,” he said.

Cubarsi penalty to Lucas Vázquez

Before this ghost goal by Lamine Yamal there was another play that was highly protested by the Blaugrana. It was the penalty that led to Vinicius’ 1-1. After the first quarter of an hour of the game, Lucas Vázquez faced Pau Cubarsi inside the goal area defended by Marc-André Ter Stegen. The Galician ended up on the ground and the referee signaled a maximum penalty. The FC Barcelona players claimed that it was the Madrid player who was looking for the leg of the young FC Barcelona centre-back. Were they right in their protests? Iturralde González explains the play: “For me it’s a penalty, Lucas Vázquez takes it from Cubarsí. If you see it in slow motion, it seems like less of a penalty. But Cubarsí takes out his leg. He goes to the ground many times and cuts off the path through which Lucas Vázquez is going to pass. For me, it’s a penalty.”

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