Why didn’t VAR intervene at Camp Nou?

He Barcelona-Valencia leaving us with the controversy of the play at minute 85 in the action of kessie together Fran Perez which may be considered the maximum penalty. Something the Manchego referee did not interpret in this way Alberola Rojas that from the first moment it is clear that the action is not a reason for punishment. And neither is the VAR referee, Jaime Latrewhich does not intervene to encourage the field referee to go and check it on the field with the play monitor.

A decision based on the arbitration circular in which it clarifies that the intervention of the VAR should be in case of clear and obvious failure. This is how it is stated in the letter: “The VAR “intervention line” must be raised, so that, in case of doubt about intervening or not recommending the review to the referee, the decision is not to do it. The Technical Committee of the Referees of the RFEF, in this way, the recommendations and guidelines of the IFAB.”

But also in the case of penalty actions, he first added that “According to last season, we continue to insist that referees do not give penalties for “small contacts”, light charges or similar incidents, but the punishment of a penalty must correspond to a clear and significant act of violation by a defender, with a relationship between cause and effect, of sufficient intensity to justify the penalty.”

It is in the second paragraph where he adds that “In the same way, the instruction given to the VARs is that they do not intervene in recommending to the referee the evaluation of an incident of this type of light contact, but they only do it. in the actions of clear punishment and by the Adequate Entity”. This explains why Jaime Latre did not intervene in the play and after his examination in the VOR room. This is a very meaningful play, so in this case the decision made by the referee on the field of play will prevail. And in this case the position of Alberola that the action of kessie.