Joan Laporta he was very happy with the big gala World of sports but there was also a moment when he became serious and showed disappointment in what happened to him. VAR within Real Madrid-Almeria. A match where the influence of the VOR room referee, Hernandez Hernandezended up conditioning the work of the field referee, Hernandez Maesoto the point of marking where their decisions must go before even seeing the pictures being discussed.
The president of Barça attributes behaviors such as to Hernandez Hernandez in the pressure that Real Madrid is making on the refereeing establishment and especially on the referees of VAR. And how do you think this gives returns to the club president Florentino Perez Having taken control of this arbitration tool to use it for his own benefit, he decided to raise his voice. Below is the excerpt of the interview where he talks about the ‘kidnapping’ of VAR of Real Madrid.
On our tour we saw him a little angry about what happened with the VAR issue at the Bernabéu, right?
We had very mixed feelings, because you came to Benito Villamarín in a match that was key for us. If we win at Villamarín we can close the gap depending on what happened to our rivals. On top of that, we had two consecutive home games and we thought “this game is the key”, this is what we played away from and now Osasuna and Villarreal are coming up. The team is getting stronger, we are more united.
Explain that to us.
It’s like a conspiracy of unity in the locker room and not to talk about unity for the sake of togetherness, but about helping each other. When a player is struggling, others have to help him. There is a kind of conspiracy in this sense after going through the first part of the League where we had ups and downs, injuries occurred, but we are starting to recover from the injuries. We started playing football, which is what we like in culés. And of course, we are waiting to go out on the pitch at Benito Villamarín and watch the Bernabéu game, the truth is, we are restless, angry, very worried.
What did you say to the president of the Spanish Federation?
That we are concerned. In football, especially in the League, it is about improvement. In our case, we have recovered the injured and we want to stay alive in the competitions to win them. And obviously we also hope to puncture or stumble from our rivals and thus close the gap. It could have happened on Sunday but in a very clear way that the match at the Bernabéu was referred again by VAR and all the decisions made were contrary to those made by the referee. And I believe that VAR, which is an instrument that comes to help referees, is becoming a problem, because of its misuse. And I say this and I don’t want to play the victim, but this is a commitment that we have with fairness and fair play. This is a commitment that the club has when it comes to recognizing the complex job that referees have. For me, the referee’s role is the most difficult in the world of football after scoring goals, if you push me. Man, we see that an instrument that needs to help them, VAR, does not help them and is being kidnapped, as if mistreated based on the pressure that our rival is constantly and continuously exerting, which is not prompt but from now on. These pressures have been going on for a long time and are bearing fruit. Because all decisions are in favor of this group.
Source: La Verdad
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