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La Liga saw a tumultuous weekend on many fronts, most notably from the point of view of El Clasico.
The league’s title clash was drowned in controversy, with the referees seemingly favouring Real Madrid over Barcelona with their decisions through the 90 minutes.
Lamine Yamal’s disallowed goal, in particular, stirred serious controversy as the youngster’s effort was a perfectly legal goal.
Javier Tebas, the La Liga president, did not take long before he defended his league for the lack of optimal technology to aid referees in their decision-making.
Speaking to the media in a recent interview (h/t FCB World), the league president again addressed the lack of goal-line technology in La Liga and defended his position of avoiding its incorporation.
“This technique has been around in football for years, and if you look at history you will see that it made big mistakes. It is not a 100% perfect technique, otherwise we would have brought it to the Spanish League.”
“In addition, 3-4 cases of this type occur throughout the season and the cost is very high for the price,” he added.
Tebas then justified the other means of solving goal-line-related decisions and why they were superior to the missing technology.
“There are other solutions, such as adding other cameras. If this technology improves, we will bring it here. I have been here for ten years and many of these cases have been solved by VAR.”
Tebas commends Barcelona’s efforts to lower salary bill. (Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images)
The La Liga president was then quizzed on Barcelona’s economic situation and how the club were trying to cope with the trying conditions to recover from their setback.
“The data indicates that the club has made a great effort to reduce its salary bill in general, and not just for the first team. They made a very significant reduction,” he said on the improvement.
He then went on to negate the argument that Barcelona were heavily in debt and clarified the…
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Author : Adithya Eshwarla
Publish date : 2024-04-24 11:37:01
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