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Diego Carlos, committing a penalty not signalled on Messi

GIL MANZANO DIDN'T SIGNAL IT

CONTROVERSY! The Barça demanded a penalty not signalled of Diego Carlos to Messi

Published:5/10/2020 - 00:34h

Updated:5/10/2020 - 00:34h

When the match was in decline, Messi fell in the area of the Seville after a defensive action of Diego Carlos, susceptible of penalty. Neither Gil Manzano neither the VAR decided to signal the penalty

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The controversy is served, especially in the social networks, with a played that took place during the last minutes of the Barça-Seville. And it is that Leo Messi confined in the Andalusian area in the extra time and Diego Carlos snatched him the balloon of form little clean, as it can see in the repetition. The Brazilian touched first the balloon, but to continuation also stepped the foot of Leo Messi and did him fall in the interior of the area.

Gil Manzano decided not signalling the maximum penalty, and neither received indications of the VAR to do it. The played remained in the limbo and, surprisingly, 'The Flea' neither protested too much the action. Not even the commentators and analysts of 'Movistar+' appreciated that there was penalti, but the reality is that the repetition leaves clear that there is contact between the Brazilian and the Argentinian in the interior of the area.

Before being demolished, Leo Messi had dribbled to the central of the instrument visitor, that finish stepping him clearly the left foot. However, neither Manzano neither the VAR, where was Juan Martínez Munuera, considered that the fault had to pitarse like maximum penalty. There were not too many protests, but the reality is that the action goes back to put in doubt the good work of the VAR in LaLiga.

It is necessary that exist a criterion unified for played controversial like this, in addition to other very similar that follow generating debate day after day. The VAR goes back to come under scrutiny, and there is not way that all the world go out happy with his decisions.

This Sunday, although the Barça did not deserve to win to the not being better that the Seville, the tool of the videoarbitraje could have solved the ballot for a Barcelona that very few times sees benefited by said tool, on the contrary that other teams.

The Barça needs to follow working

It did not go like this, and finally there was distribution of points in a meeting in which neither Leo Messi neither any another player culé marked the differences. To the ones of Koeman will touch them follow working to improve his provision after the international stop, in the visit of the Barça to the Getafe the weekend of the 18-19 October in the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez.