Real Madrid got a key victory against Getafe (2-0) that allows them to get within 1 point of FC Barcelona in the league table. The match started very tight for the Merengues, who managed to take the lead after half an hour of the first half thanks to a penalty awarded by referee Hernández Hernández, in a very controversial decision.
Nyom and Rüdiger were wrestling each other during the delivery of a corner, a totally common play in all games and which is not always called. The blue footballer ended up knocking down the German in the area and the referee indicated the kick from the eleven steps, despite the fact that this action had been repeated on a couple of occasions minutes before with the warning of the referee in between.
In addition, in the different replays it is clear that there was no hold on the Madrid defender, so the sanction is, at the very least, dubious, beyond the fact that the VAR has intervened. Jude Bellingham was in charge of exchanging the penalty for a goal because Kylian Mbappé chose to 'hide' after missing his shot against Liverpool in the Champions League, and from that moment the balance tipped in favour of the Whites.
Madrid is the team with the most penalties in favour
With the penalty sanctioned in favour of Madrid this Sunday, Carlo Ancelotti's team becomes the team with the most penalties in favour (6) and the least against (0) so far in LaLiga. Of these, three have been converted by Mbappé, two by Vinicius and one by Bellingham.
This controversy comes a day after Barça was 'robbed' of a penalty in the defeat against Las Palmas. Pau Cubarsí was stamped on by Mika Mármol inside the area, and despite the contact being evident in the television replays, neither referee Adrián Cordero Vega nor the VAR, with Busquets Ferrer in charge, considered that there was reason to punish the play.
Cubarsí ended up with a bloody ankle from the studs of the former Barça youth player, but the player's complaints to the fourth official, pointing out his injury, were not heard, and the match continued without interruptions. The never-ending story.