In an Interview with Partidazo de Cope infamous ex La Liga referee Mateu Lahoz apologized and admitted of making an error which costed Barca the League in 2013-2014 season.
“With VAR, this league should have gone to Barça. I made a mistake. Both teams had the same number of points, and later, we saw that Juanfran didn’t touch the ball. From my position, it was impossible to tell.Honestly, I would have bet all 20 fingers and toes thatCesc FĂ bregas touched it. The responsibility was always given to the assistant, but this decision was a team effort, and I was the only one truly responsible for it.”
This was not the first or last time an error from the refree costed Barcelona the League title. A similar situation happened when Barca’s goal against Real Betis got disallowed.The ball had clearly crossed the line but the referee once again jeopardized Barca’s league winning chances.