the referee’s terrible confession to Flick about offside

It is a decision which is likely to cause a lot of discussion in the coming weeks and which will call into question the use of VAR more than ever. Yesterday, Barça thought they had opened the score on Real Sociedad’s pitch thanks to Robert Lewandowski, but the Pole was ultimately judged offside by the VAR. Problem, numerous images broadcast after the meeting prove that the Blaugrana striker was not in an illegal position. Enough to inevitably create a huge controversy as the Catalans lost on the Basque pitch with a score of 1-0.

“Why would we invent an offside”

On images broadcast by the MovistarCuadra Fernández, the match referee, went to speak to Hansi Flick, the Barça coach: “What can I do? If at VAR we are told that it is offside, why would we invented? (…) Listen to me… but why would we invent an offside?”, the referee tried to explain regarding the use of VAR with the semi-automatic offside shot. . At a press conference, the German technician appeared dejected: “I told him that Lewandowski’s offside was a bad decision. That’s all I can say. It was a wrong decision. “It’s not his fault and I know it. That’s what I can say. Nothing more.”

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