The VAR intervened for a doubtful play and annulled a penalty on Lamine without letting the interpretation on the field dictate
Javier Aguirre himself admitted that his player confessed to him that “it was his turn” and that “it could have been whistled, it would have been a penalty”
Real Madrid brought out its media artillery after the derby against Atlético de Madrid. Despite the fact that all the refereeing analysts considered that Alberola Rojas was completely right against Atlético de Madrid, the white club mounted a show through their television channel to put pressure on the referees and, the first time, he obtained results.
The VAR intervened to call Muñiz Ruiz when he had signaled a penalty by Copete on Lamine Yamal with 2-1 on the scoreboard. The action was doubtful and, in this type of actions, the motto is that the decision prevails in the field. However, On this occasion this rule was broken and the Galician referee, frightened, invalidated the maximum penalty.
The best proof that the action, at a minimum, was not clear to be invalidated came with the statements of Javier Aguirre, Mallorca coach, on DAZN. The Mexican admitted that his soccer player confessed to him that “it touches” Lamine and that “it could be whistled, as Medina Cantalejo would say, it was a penalty”. The coach concluded that the contact “was not enough for me.” An interpretation that for the referee was different live and that was not respected.
Faith was not enough
Beyond this action, FC Barcelona had learned to survive to the limit at the start of the season. He knocked down Cádiz in the last ten minutes, came back in Villarreal, won in extremis in Pamplona and the miracle was even greater against Celta. Some games in which the team demonstrated great virtue, which is believing until the end. The defect, however, is not solving the matches before. Rushing so much can lead you to a situation like that of Son Moix, where faith and push were not enough to score the three points. One point and thanks as Larin had a very clear chance in injury time.
Fermín celebrates the tying goal in Mallorca
| Javi Ferrándiz
On this occasion, the players who pushed the most to avoid defeat were the young people who came off the bench: Lamine Yamal and Fermín López. Their desire is a treasure and their quality is a luxury.
Gross mistakes
Previously, Barça had paid for gross errors from a new pair of centre-backs who played coming out of periods of inactivity. Araujo and Iñigo accused the lack of rhythm and did not have a successful Ter Stegen either.. The German gave away the first goal in a relaxed pass with his feet and it went wrong in the fight between Araujo and Abdón. Raphinha, with a whiplash, had equalized Muriqi’s initial goalbut went into the break losing.
Barça pressed in the second half hoping for another miracle to come. Fortunately, There was still Fermín López to showcase his powerful arrival. This Wednesday we will have to wait for Girona, first, did not win in Villarreal and Madrid, a little later, did not defeat UD Las Palamas either to remain at the top of LaLiga.