Barcelona will pursue the Royal Spanish Football Federation in court, regarding what they feel is an injustice in El Clasico on Sunday, after Lamine Yamal’s ‘ghost goal’ at the Santiago Bernabeu.
President Joan Laporta emitted a statement on Monday demanding that the RFEF release the footage and the audio from the VAR room that led to the goal, and they did put out a clip with the audio, but not the various feeds they have installed in the room itself. The RFEF rejected that request, noting that there would be no exceptions made just for Barcelona.
RAC1, via Sport, say that Barcelona will go after the RFEF in court in an attempt to force the RFEF to release the material they want. Laporta also threatened in his statement to request that the match with Real Madrid is repeated, citing the precedent of a Genk-Anderlecht match to be replayed at the end of the season in Belgium.
It has not been lost on many that Laporta and Barcelona could be using this in part to distract from their defeat in El Clasico, with Real Madrid set to confirm their league title with games to spare. Nevertheless, the discourse from Xavi Hernandez and Laporta does show throughout the season that they feel unfairly treated by the officials.
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malablata
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Barca will meet us in court for Eto'o faking this foul and Lehmann getting unfair red. Thank God we have VAR to review it..... The two offside goals will be part of our case...... Mind you, the Van Persie Red Card will also be part. Chelsea and PSG can speak for themselves......case upon case.... We waiting.
johnmm
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Barcelona have had many favours in the past especially against real Madrid but real Madrid was not this petty .
Duodilmntu
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Dishonest and unacceptable comments from possibly pro-Madrid fanatics! I wonder if they are still blind to the facts or wallowing in the river of unjust, unfair and corrupt officiating in La Liga, particularly, this season, arguably favouring Real Madrid, the most, even against small struggling clubs in La Liga. We admit you can't have perfection, here, but not when, even languishing teams are rubbed in full glare of the world of football, largely to favour Real Madrid! More than embarrassin'... And you wonder what's really wrong with this league called La Liga? So, where is the fair play and spirit of fair competition, if such corruption and injustice persist forever in La Liga?
FormaL_
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Am just gonna leave this here ✌🏽