Barcelona ace Raphinha has ridiculed a controversial offside call that went against Robert Lewandowski, with the Brazilian posting a clown shoes meme.
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- Polish striker thought he had equalised
- Effort ruled out by semi-automated technology
- Barca skipper has poked fun at decision
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WHAT HAPPENED?
The Blaugrana thought that they had done enough to earn at least a point when facing Real Sociedad in La Liga. Sheraldo Becker opened the scoring in that contest, but Lewandowski believed that he had grabbed an equaliser.
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THE BIGGER PICTURE
To the surprise of many, the semi-automatic offside technology (SAOT) that is used in La Liga pulled the Polish striker up for offside. Despite replays of the incident – which were paused as the ball was played – suggesting that the boot of Sociedad defender Nayef Aguerd was keeping Lewandowski onside, the effort was disallowed.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Barca captain Raphinha has poked fun at that bemusing decision, which cost Hansi Flick’s side dear as they slipped to a narrow 1-0 defeat. The Brazil international winger has posted an image of social media showing the VAR ruling and a pair of clown shoes, which he jokes Lewandowski must have been wearing for the offside technology to fail.
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WHAT NEXT?
Despite the controversy that has been sparked, the Technical Arbitration Committe maintain that the correct call was made, with 10-12 cameras being used to track the ball’s movement and up to 29 data points of each player at up to 50 times per second – meaning that exact positions of bodies and feet can be mapped.
