A Spanish referee answers the question: Is Barcelona player Lewandowski’s goal correct? | sport

A Spanish referee answers the question: Is Barcelona player Lewandowski’s goal correct? | sport

November 11, 2024 Catherine Williams World

Former Spanish international referee and one responsible for the “VAR” technique in the Spanish Football Federation, Claus Gomez, has addressed the controversy over Barcelona’s disallowed goal by Polish striker Robert Lewandowski against Real Sociedad in La Liga yesterday.

Gomez explained, “It’s a natural explanation. There was a possible offside. Technology came and assessed the situation as offside. Not much can be said. Technology comes to help football, referees and in this case. It also helped.”

The former international referee added, “Decisions are often criticized with 10 additional cameras, which are not available to the spectators and broadcasters of the match, and there are 29 points on each player, one point. What is the foot of each football player and accordingly, he informed the referee and the decision taken. Changed “It’s nothing new.”

Several Barcelona players were angered by the decision, and Rafinha joked about Lewandowski’s shoe number and Inaki Pena asked the authorities to analyze it and act if it was wrong, saying, “In refereeing, we are used to criticism. Because it cannot be otherwise that any game is criticized.

After a streak of 7 wins in all competitions, the Basque leaders Barcelona bounced back with their second defeat of the season in the league after the first 2-4 against Osasuna last September 28.

The match had the potential to take a different turn when Lewandowski’s goal was awarded in the 14th minute when the situation was goalless due to offside after a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) call.

The analytical line diagram shows that the Polish player was leading on the tip of the shoe.

Spanish newspaper “Marca” revealed that “it is not possible to clearly distinguish between the shoes of the player in the picture, whether they are Lewandowski’s or Akrade’s, which caused a negative reaction from Barcelona fans on social networks against the shot shown and the referee’s decision.”

Lewandowski’s goalscoring saga began when he followed up his Dutch team-mate Frenkie de Jong’s shot, which bounced off the body of Moroccan Sociedad defender Nayef Akrad and into the net, but video technology denied the Polish star his joy. 15th goal in the league.

Barcelona’s German coach Hansi Flick was convinced that “the decision was obviously wrong. It (the refereeing error) was clear, but we have to accept it.”

“It was not the fault of the (main) referee. We are human and make mistakes and today the mistake was big,” he said in a statement on the “Barca One” platform.

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