Anger among Betis fans at the refereeing took hold this Sunday at Villarreal It is not limited to the actions of the Madrid referee, attached to the Balearic school, Guillermo Cuadra Fernandezbut also to the VAR referee, Valentin Pizarro Gomeztypical of these conflicts in the games played by Real Betis and which, for example, did not warn the last derby Martínez Munuera that the hand of Diego Llorentewith his back, was not as high as the main referee thought he understood, as evidenced by the gestures he made when indicating the maximum penalty, without reviewing the game with VAR.
The direct red shown this Sunday of Cuadra Fernandez to Chimy Ávila was clearly too much, as almost all referee commentators who judged the action agreed. however, Pizarro Gomez He did not urge the main referee to review the game calmly with VAR.
The green and white club is out of luck, so to speak, with VAR interventions when determining whether a player deserves to be sent off or not. And as reported Fran Martinezfrom @LaLigaEnDirecto, since the establishment of VAR, in 245 Liga matches refereed, Betis players have been sent off on twelve occasions at the request of VAR and only once has the video tool served to excuse a sending off player betico was first ordered by the main referee. On Sunday the VAR should have stepped in to correct Cuadra Fernández’s decision, but he didn’t, and now the Chimy Avila He was exposed to a penalty of up to three games for how the referee wrote the minutes.
Source: La Verdad
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