Spanish refereeing shows once again that it is very far from what it should be. On a weekend when there is no football in the First Division, due to the international break, the controversy over the referees has continued. This has been in the League F, which started with the first day of the championship. During the Levante-Athletics, one of the granota players, Lahmari, He scored a superb goal after hitting the ball against the crossbar. A phantom goal that clearly went in, but did not register on the scoreboard since neither the referee nor his assistant saw it.
The match was then 0-1 in favor of the Bilbao team and the result did not change. Athletic won the match after this controversial refereeing decision. In the 56th minute, Levante equalized the match with a very beautiful goal. From outside the area, Anissa Lahmari He took a powerful right hand that hit the crossbar, bounced into the goal to hit the crossbar again. Athletic goalkeeper Nanclares collected the ball as if it was nothing and the referee pushed.
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The footage leaves no doubt. The ball clearly bounced into the goal. However, the lineswoman was not positioned where she should be to see it, and the referee also did not have a clear view of what had happened, with several players in front of her. Added to this is the fact that in the F League there is no VAR. Technology is quite an expensive expense that clubs are not willing to make.
The piece was so clear that even the narrator sang it without hesitation, later showing surprise that it was not rewarded.Goal, goal, goal… He says no! Be careful, what the referee says is that there is no goal! It’s a big goal like a cathedral, if I’ve ever sung it. It’s a great goal. “It happens a lot,” he said.
The referee did not award Levante’s phantom goal
This goal prevented the Granotas from equalizing the match and being able to add a more than precious point. Levante has undergone a major overhaul of its squad this summer, seeing how several of its best players have terminated their contracts and left for other clubs, as is the case of Alba Redondo, Maria Mendez either Antonia Silva, who headed to Real Madrid.
Levante’s outrage after the play was more than evident. On the club’s side, its advisor María Villanueva called it “theft”, while footballer Ángela Sosa acknowledged that the referee was not the best place to see the play clearly: “The game, at least I see that it has a goal. “She can’t decide because she’s not at the goal line.”
“We deserve better at the world level. The controversy must be put aside. Everyone has seen this both at home and on the pitch. I understand that referees always want to do things right. Let’s get rid of the controversies. and what we have to do is evaluate what we could have done to, even with this game, try to get the three points,” Levante coach Roger Lamesa said after the match.
