On March 31st, we checked in MD for the action of impermissible purpose in Raphinha in the conflict between Barcelona and Las Palmas. An action that caused a lot of controversy after the decision was upheld by the referee Busquets Ferrer at the request of the specific referee of VAR, Prieto Iglesias.
As we explained at the time, the VAR specific referee upheld that decision based on the offside rule that the International Board changed a few seasons ago following the Nations League final between Spain and France with a goal that they achieved Mbappe after clearance Eric Garcia. The conclusion is that if the punt is controlled (the player can control the ball) it will negate the offside position of the player receiving the ball. Anything that is a forced situation, where the player does not have control of the ball, is considered offside. And that’s what Eduardo Prieto Iglesias considered at the Olympic Stadium after watching the play from the VOR room and he informed Busquets Ferrer.
On the same day we announced that this is an action that the CTA will review in its seminar with all its members. Seminar where the Blaugrana’s goal appeared to be legal and should have gone up on the scoreboard.
The explanation is very simple. We should always start from the offside position of Raphinha and in the beginning it was only positional. Unlike in the Nations League final, it was a ball sent to the area where the defender was The Palms Coco and Lewandowski will debate it. Then the two go to compete for the ball. The fact that the defender of the Canary Islands team was forced to reach the ball was a result of the fact that he was fighting for the ball with the Pole. Here it is not a pass looking for Raphinha and where coconut he forced to take a clearance as happened to Eric García in the final of the Nations League.
If the defender of Las Palmas does not have control of the ball, it is as a result of the fact that he is fighting with the Barça forward for the ball. But both Coco and Lewandowski want to play ball. Therefore, as a voluntary action, it enables the position of Raphinha on the punt that ended up falling at his feet.
This is a secondary action, which has nothing to do with the first offside position, and where the Brazilian receives the ball as a result of a clearance by an opponent who voluntarily bids for that ball.
A position that the refereeing establishment also considers to be in agreement with UEFA itself. This review of the arbitration panel was made in this attempt to improve and in the event of a similar action occurring again, the decision is to prove the point.
Source: La Verdad
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