Javier Tebas really is far too fond of the sound of his own voice isn’t he?!
The president of La Liga has once again embarrassed himself in the wake of the goal-line technology row after El Clasico.
We could argue until the cows come home as to whether Barca should’ve been awarded another goal at the Santiago Bernabeu, which might’ve been the difference on the day.
The fact remains that if the Spanish top-flight had goal line technology, there would’ve been a definitive decision one way or the other.
In the absence of the correct camera angles too, we had a ‘Geoff Hurst’ type situation. Was Lamine’s shot over the line? It certainly looked it from some angles and then not from others.
Is it too much to ask to also have cameras in line with the byline too?
If the Spanish league are desperately trying to market themselves as the best in the world, they’re failing dismally.
Moving Barça’s fixture at Valencia just a week before it’s due to be played is one instance of the hold that Tebas appears to have on his member clubs.
Forget that some people have booked flights and match tickets months in advance and now can’t change it.
Then comes the issue of goal line tech which is routinely used in the other big European leagues.
Tebas himself said earlier in the campaign “Goal-line technology is not a financial issue, it is about use. In one season there are only four or five incidents of this type.”
Amazing that many of these incidents are ones that appear to penalise Barça isn’t it?!
Call me a conspiracy theorist if you like, but when something like what happened on Sunday occurs, you have got to call it out for what it is.
Had the goal been awarded at that point, would it have changed the course of the game? Maybe, maybe not. But that’s missing the point entirely.
Clearly, Joan Laporta isn’t going to let things rest, the president demanding all available audio from the decision making process.
His demands for a replay depending what’s analysed will fall on deaf ears, but it could back Tebas into a corner where he has to do the decent thing.
In that respect, as over the top as Laporta’s actions seem, it might not be a bad thing for the future of the Spanish game.
Because at the moment the league and Javier Tebas are a laughing stock once more.