Willy Sagnol Complained bitterly last night about Spain’s first goal on a shot from Rodri and where Alvaro Morata is in possible offside due to interference. The Georgian coach even used irony by saying “there’s a power outage on the VAR bus.” The question is: Why didn’t the VAR act by correcting the decision or forcing Letexier to go to the monitor?
The rule says the following about these offsides: “As a general rule, when the player in position is located in the goal area and in the path of the ball, offside is sanctioned.“and where too”The distance between the player in an offside position and the goalkeeper or defender will be assessed“.
But here there are two main factors that determine that this is a legal goal and that the VAR, once the action has been analyzed, does not intervene by changing the decision on the field. First, Álvaro Morata was not close to goalkeeper Mamardashvili, who saw a shot and rushed to try to save it. That is, it does not affect your field of vision. But also the captain of the team moves away and retreats from the action precisely so as not to interfere with the goalkeeper’s shot and visibility.
According to sources consulted by MD, the goal was completely legal and VAR’s non-intervention was justified. As long as the French referee and his assistant do not sign offside, the action from the VOR room is not justified. It would have been another if he had raised the flag signaling offside. In this case, the VAR could have taken further action, prompting Letexier to look at the monitor.
It cannot be compared to the Netherlands-France game
Furthermore, it was not comparable to the Netherlands-France game in the group stage and the goal was disallowed against the Dutch team in the 68th minute of the match when they disallowed Xavi Simons’ goal. The goal was disallowed by Dumfries because in Simons’ time, Dumfries were offside with influence on French goalkeeper Maignan.
The difference between this game and yesterday, as seen in the UEFA referee report, is that the Dutch player is closer to the French goalkeeper and hinders his ability to go for the ball. As if that wasn’t enough, the assistant raised the flag and, as seen in the VAR audios, they supported the decision which was also supported by the on-field referee.
If the flag was not raised and this illegal position was considered from the VOR room, Anthony Taylor could have been called to the monitor to review and let the umpire decide.
Source: La Verdad
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