Auxerre fume over goal-line tech glitch in 1-1 draw with Le Mans
Will Still blames a system failure for Lucas Buades' goal, and the club calls the glitch unacceptable, with serious consequences for the match.
Auxerre and Le Mans drew 1-1 this Sunday in Ligue 1, and the controversy centres on the visitors' goal from Lucas Buades in the 48th minute. According to RMC Sport, the ball first hit Paul Nardi's hand and then rolled under his armpit. Referee Willy Delajod allowed the goal after his goal-line watch vibrated, and the VAR found no clear error to overturn it.
Will Still, Auxerre's coach, says not all the watches went off at the same time, and that two of them did not go off at all. He was told it had been a computer problem, something unprecedented. Nardi, for his part, says he is 300% sure the ball did not cross the line, but accepts whatever the technology says.
In a statement, the club describes an unacceptable failure with serious consequences, and points out that the system costs the LFP 1.4 million euros a year.
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