Up to six interventions VAR has taken place so far in the four matches played so far in European Cup. Three of them in the inaugural duel in between Germany and Scotland; two more in the debut of Spain. The first was last Friday 25 minutes into the match and then Musiala fell on the edge of the area. I shot the French Clement Turpin initially considered a punishment. A post-review by the French referee indicated a penalty but VAR later ruled it offside. The second was the maximum penalty against Barça player Gundogan, which the French referee missed in the 46th minute after a heavy challenge from Porteous. From the VOR, they indicated the violation in addition to the red card to the Scottish footballer. In that match a semi-automatic offside also occurred. Fullrug’s goal was canceled out 76 minutes into the game. Hungary – Switzerland left us the VAR performance to prove the goal of the Swiss Suah, once his legal position is confirmed. This was proved by the Slovenian Vincic.
The Spain match left us with two VAR interventions. First the maximum penalty as a result of Rodri falling inside the area and where referee Michael Oliver did not send off the Manchester City player because he understood that, although it was a clear scoring opportunity, the Spanish midfielder is fighting for the ball. . VAR checked whether a City player touched the Croatian striker. And the second in the subsequent launch of the highest punishment predicted by Unai Simón. Perisic took advantage of the rebound to leave it again to the Croatian forward who ended up scoring.
At that moment Michael Oliver received the notice from the VAR room where English referee Stuart Attwell was also present. The review ended up disallowing Croatia’s goal given that a Croatian player entered the area before Petkovic’s hit, taking advantage of the rebound Petkovic himself finished in the Spaniard’s goal. When the maximum penalty shot fails, the rule states that it must be continued with an indirect shot. And that’s what the English referee did. The subsequent Italy – Albania is the only one that has not required VAR intervention so far in the tournament. This does not mean that plays will be reviewed according to protocol.
Source: La Verdad
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