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‘Shameful’ La Liga Has No Goal-Line Technology: Barcelona Coach Xavi Hernandez

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Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez blasted La Liga for not employing goal-line technology after his team’s 3-2 Clasico defeat on Sunday left Real Madrid on the brink of the title. The coach was furious after Lamine Yamal had a shot which Barcelona said crossed the line not given as a goal after officials could not prove that it had using VAR. With the score level at 1-1 Yamal cleverly flicked a corner towards goal and Real Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin pushed the ball to safety, potentially after it had crossed the line. “It’s a disgrace,” said Xavi, complaining that the technology used in other top flights including the Premier League is not available in La Liga. “If we want to be the best league in the world we have to advance in this sense, you have to put in the technology.” Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen agreed with his coach. “It’s shameful for football, I don’t have the words,” said the Germany international. “There’s so much money in this world and there’s no money for what’s …

Leipzig Into Top Four As Xavi Simons And Lois Openda Slay Cologne

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A goal and an assist from Xavi Simons and a Lois Openda brace helped RB Leipzig thump Cologne 5-1 away on Friday to leapfrog Borussia Dortmund into the top four. Simons produced yet another masterclass as Leipzig’s attacking fulcrum in midfield while showcasing his understanding with fellow summer arrival Openda, who lifted his league goal tally to 19 this season. Simons, who laid on two goals in a 6-0 procession when these teams met earlier in the season, now has 11 assists and seven goals in 25 games this season. Simons joined Leipzig on a season-long loan in summer from parent club Paris Saint-Germain. Leipzig have been increasingly reliant on the Dutchman this season, with coach Marco Rose saying this week he was “very optimistic” the 20-year-old would stay beyond the season. Leipzig defender David Raum, who was named in Julian Nagelsmann’s Germany squad on Thursday, told DAZN: “Of course it was fun in the end, but it was hard work. “We didn’t take our chances in the first half but in the second half …

Xavi’s return to Barcelona as manager was written in the stars, but it was too good to last | Football News

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Xavi wept the first time he bid goodbye to Barcelona. Those were tears he shed for parting with a slice of his soul, the club he has devoted all his life for, the club he spent his time from adolescence to middle age. The institution had defined him, as much as he had defined it. Those were tears of joy too, for he was departing as a winner, with the European crown on his right hand at the sleek Olympiastadion in Berlin. The separation, though, seemed fleeting. One day, some day, hope fluttered, that he would return, to be Barcelona’s again, to be Barcelona again. His was a coaching life foretold. Like Pep Guardiola; like Luis Enrique; like Johan Cruyff. He did, before he left again. It was the perfect marriage; the manager made for Barcelona, breathing and living its idealistic ethos. But Xavi did not weep the second time he bid farewell. He was sombre, relieved that a pain was removed off his chest. He could smile now — but he didn’t. The words …

After 5-3 loss against Villarreal, Xavi announces he will leave Barcelona at end of season | Football News

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Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez has announced that he will step down from the role at the end of the season following a 5-3 loss against Villarreal at Camp Nou and described the job “cruel and unpleasant.” “I’d like to announce that as of June 30 I will not continue as Barca coach,” he told reporters in the press conference after meeting with club president Joan Laporta for over half an hour. “It is a situation of common sense and I have decided that on June 30th I will not continue as Barca coach. “I think the club needs a change of dynamic and I told the president Joan Laporta. As a fan, thinking about the club and the players, I think they will be freed up and will be calmer. “I think the best thing to do is to leave on June 30th. Having said that, I will give my all for the four months that are left, I think we can have a good season and I hope that the dynamic will change. I …