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Invasion of area by part of Verratti

THE VAR WAS not ATTENTIVE

Theft to the Barça? Verratti Went in in the area and had to repeat the penalti of Messi

Published:10/03/2021 - 22:56h

Updated:11/03/2021 - 00:05h

The arbitration could have influenced in the elimination of the Barça in front of the PSG after the referee did not order the repetition of the penalti cut across by Keylor Navas

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The party of vuelte of the eighth of final between Paris Saint-Germain and the FC Barcelona in the Park of the Princes has not been exento of controversy. In the played of the penalti failed by Lionel Messi, the cameras have attracted the moment in which Marco Verratti ingresa to the Barcelona area before the execution of the penalti.

If the main there was attentive state to the shot of the Argentinian or to having received instructions from the room of videoarbitraje, perhaps the Barça would have arrived to the second time with advantage of 1-2, an envión anímico important for the team of Koeman, conscious of the need to trace back the global marker.

In the played, Marco Verratti crosses the edge of the area moments before Messi touched the balloon that finished crashing first with the leg of the goalkeeper costarricense and later in the crossbar. Besides, the Italian influenced in the played, since it went precisely he the one who cleared the balloon to suffocate the danger.

The VAR reviewed the played, but did not order to repeat the penalti

From the chamber of videoarbitraje, the attendants, headed by the British Gary Beswick verified the action, but only would have focused in the position of Keylor Navas to the moment of the execution. In fact, Anthony Taylor did not allow that the Barcelona team executed the corner immediately.

Of this way, go back to arise the doubts on the VAR, all time that the referee omitted the total review of the action and only took in account the fact that the goalkeeper did not give some steps to forward to take out advantage of the execution. A played that it could have guided to the Barça to a possible traced back was not signalled.