Offside calls in La Liga has raised eyebrows this season with some clubs not impressed with the officiating team.
The Technical Committee for Referees (CTA) have now recognised that mistakes have been made while using the VAR to make offside calls this season.
According to them, the mistakes have occurred on 4-5 instances.
As per Cadena Cope, the CTA have internally come to the conclusion that on 4-5 occasions in La Liga and Segunda this season, the offside lines have been incorrectly drawn or incorrectly applied, leading to the wrong decision on the pitch. In all of these instances, the decisions backed up the initial calls made by the officials at the stadium. The specific incidents were not revealed.
However, things are about to take a new shape next season with La Liga set to employ the ‘semi-automatic’ offside system that was utilised to good effect in the FIFA 2022 World Cup.
La Liga has come under heavy criticism this season with some clubs skeptical of the officiating and the VAR.
The lack of goal-line technology has also been raised. Some clubs in La Liga and Segunda have voiced out their frustrations by making public statements or publicly questioning the refereeing via official channels.
