On our SPORT cover today, Monday, April 22, we headline: “A ghost goal and goodbye”. Barça falls 3-2 in a classic in which the referee decided not to consider a goal that entered Lunin’s goal as valid and to award a dubious penalty.
Xavi allows defensive errors, but criticizes that goal technology still does not exist in LaLiga: “It’s a shame,” commented the Barça coach at a press conference.
Ter Stegen himself also showed his discontent with this aspect of the competition, with the German the first to complain after finishing the league classic.
At the Barcelona Open, Casper Ruud triumphs by beating Tistsipas in the final (7-5, 6-1). At the end he commented that: “I wanted my revenge; I knew I was ready mentally and physically.”
In Formula 1, Verstappen wins in China and Sainz, fifth. Alonso rose to seventh place in a spectacular grand prix.
