Tremendo Anger by the goal of Leo Messi cancelled by the VAR

Published:14/02/2021 - 07:45h

Updated:14/02/2021 - 12:26h

The VAR cancelled him a goal to Leo Messi by an offside previous surrealist of Antoine Griezmann. THE action was very debatable and generated controversy

This Saturday, the FC Barcelona gave a bathroom of optimism before the party of eighth of final of the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain with his holgada victory against the Sportive Alavés in the Camp Nou (5-1). However, neither like this the meeting rid of referee's controversies, in this case by a goal cancelled to the Barcelona.

It ran the minute 36 of the first time when Antoine Griezmann received a long pass of Sergio Busquets and encaró to Pacheco in the hand manually, with the cancerbero of the team vitoriano like winner of the clash. However, the refuse fell to the feet of Leo Messi that it did not fail and commanded the balloon at the end of the meshes.

In a first moment, the referee Figueroa Vázquez gave the goal like valid but, later, the VAR cancelled the action by a supposition offside of Antoine Griezmann. An offside that generated tremenda controversial because the French forward started clearly in legal position, on line with the rival defence.

To the hour to take the decision from the VOR, the managers took like reference the shoulder of Antoine Griezmann and cancel the played. In concrete, was Stable Fernández the one who decreed that the action had to be invalidated, by what the second goal of the Barcelona group did not finish going up to the marker, generating a big anger in Ronald Koeman and the players.

César Barrenechea Montero, referee's analyst of 'Sportive World', explained to his jucio how saw the action. "The technology indicates that it is offside, the lines command. But in my opinion it would be necessary to touch the subject of the VAR and leave to the footballers a margin of action because take the perpendicular of a shoulder of a forward against the boot of the defence can give place to that they do not understand according to which decisions or to that doubt of them", commented.

Besides, it added that "to my seems me excessive cancel like this a goal, happen him to the one who happen him. I think that would have to retouch a bit this rule, leave a margin for the doubt and cancel if the position of offside is clear". By his part, Ronald Koeman did not have any doubt: "I do not go to go in. It has surprised me, it is not offside. But at the end we have won the party. I do not want to speak more".