LaLiga reveals the VAR audio to annul the Barça-Villarreal penalty

LaLiga desveló The audios of the controversial referee's failure of José Luis Munuera Montero in the duel between the FC Barcelona and the Villarreal where the Andalusian referee decided revertir his decision to sanction a hand in the area of Santi Comesaña that would have given to the culés a penalti in the minute 90. After the review, so much the main judge like the attendant of the room VOR, Santiago Jaime Latre, concluded that the hand was not punishable.

"José Luis, here Santiago. I recommend you an On Field Review because in our opinion the arm of Santi Comesaña is entirely hit to the body. I go you to put two cameras, the reverse left and afterwards will put you the one of goal, so that afterwards you take your own decision. Leave it to him stopped until it puncture the TV", recommended the referee from the room VOR to Munuera Montero.

The referee's criterion to cancel the hand penalti of Comesaña

After reviewing the action in slow camera and with two takings, the Andalusian referee determined that the hand of Santi Comesaña was not punishable. "Perfecto, has it hit. It would not be hand, cancel penalti. I cancel penal", said the main judge by the internal audio to the VAR. In this sense, Munuera Montero revirtió his initial decision when considering that, further of the contact in the arm, Comesaña had the elbow collected and hit to the body, by which there was not intention neither a position anti natural of the arm.

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At the end, the Villarreal took advantage of the failure of the VAR to sustain the partial tie until the time added, where the ones of Marcelino gave turn to the marker with so many of Alexander Sorloth and José Moral. Previously there was another hand of Jorge Cuenca no revised, due to the fact that the balloon, although it gave in the left hand of the defender of the Villarreal, came of a previous rebound in Ílkay Güngogan.

Xavi, outraged by the decision of Munuera Montero

In statements to 'DAZN' to the term of the party, Xavi Hernández left clear his indignation by a referee's failure that was decisive in the resolution of the meeting. "It is that at the end they go me to sanction, analyse it you, do not want to generate more controversial, want to centre me in my team, think that are ours errors today in the defeat, without any excuse, but this played yes that marks the party". In this sense, added: "The fourth referee says me that it is penalti clear, that gives him in the elbow. To me it has not said me at all Munuera, has gone to the monitor and has said that no. I do not want to speak more but here are the images".