Stats: VAR has disallowed more than twice as many Real Madrid goals as Barcelona’s since 2018
It has been almost a decade since VAR was introduced in the Spanish top flight, but the controversies simply do not seem to stop.Clubs have constantly debated the inconsistencies of decisions made usi...
Since the introduction of VAR in the Spanish top flight, Real Madrid have had 42 goals overturned by the technology, more than any other club in La Liga. Barcelona, on the other hand, have experienced only 19 such goal reversals. Madrid's VAR statistics are the highest in the competition by a significant margin. Real Madrid initially had 42 goals awarded that were later disallowed, making them lead the ranking.
Atletico Madrid and Villarreal are in joint second place with 22 each, while Celta Vigo, Real Sociedad, and Sevilla follow with 20 each. Vinicius Junior had his goal chalked off against Villarreal due to a VAR review, after he thought he had scored. Despite these figures, they do not fully explain Real Madrid's concerns about inconsistency in refereeing decisions, particularly in regards to the consistent application of VAR across similar situations.
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