Real Madrid-FC Barcelona: the president of Barça ready to demand to replay the match after the controversy

The president of FC Barcelona, ​​Joan Laporta, warned Monday that his club would demand to replay the Clasico, lost on Sunday at Real Madrid (3-2), if it can prove that a refereeing error was made by not validating a goal from Lamine Yamal.

In the 28th minute, Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin saved a deflection from Yamal on his line, without the VAR being able to confirm that the ball had completely entered (28th). The referee then ruled that there was no goal and the score remained at 1-1 at that time.

Unlike other major European championships, La Liga does not use goal-line technology, considered too expensive by its president Javier Tebas, which nevertheless allows the almost automatic validation of a goal and could therefore have clarified the situation.

The day after this Clasico, Joan Laporta asked the Spanish football federation and the refereeing commission to send Barcelona all the images of the incident as well as the audio recordings of the conversations between the officials.

“If, once the documentation has been analyzed, the club understands that there has been an error made, as we believe, we will take all necessary measures to reverse the situation, without excluding any legal action that may be necessary,” he said. -he said in a video published by FC Barcelona.

“If it is confirmed that the goal was valid, we will request that the match be replayed, as happened in another match in Europe following a VAR error,” he said. he added.

Laporta was referring to a Belgian first division meeting between Anderlecht and Genk (2-1) dating from December 23, 2023, which had to be replayed following a refereeing error. But it ultimately never was: in fact, the Belgian Court of Arbitration for Sport, appealed by Anderlecht, annulled the decision initially taken by the disciplinary council of the Belgian Football Federation.