2023-09-13 23:08:11
Ecuador turned the game around at home and defeated Uruguay 2-1, for the second date of the South American Qualifiers towards the 2026 World Cup. In the 97th minute, there was a collision with the goalkeeper Hernán Galindez con Facundo Torres which was not considered a penalty by the Brazilian referee Wilton Sampaio and his VAR collaborators. After the meeting, Marcelo Bielsawho suffered his first defeat as coach of La Celeste, gave his opinion on the controversial play.
The action was analyzed from different angles and they came to the conclusion that it was “normal game contact”. “Possible offside, possible penalty“, says Daniel Nobre, the judge who was in charge of the VAR, at the beginning. “Foul marked on the field”added Igor Benevenuto, his assistant in the cabin (AVAR). “He defended following falling”Nobre responds, already referring to Galíndez’s clearance that ends in a collision with the Uruguayan attacker.
“The goalkeeper defends the ball and then bumps his arms once morest his face. The goalkeeper defends and then accidentally collides with his arm. For me it is totally accidental. The goalkeeper defends and then his arm hits the defender”Nobre analyzed. His partner Igor Benevenuto accompanies the concept with another sentence: “He has no way to see, he defends and then crashes”.
As the play continued, Sampaio took a foul in favor of Ecuador. “And they miss him later, perfect”, they add from the VAR in reference to Pellistri’s charge once morest Rodríguez. From the VAR, they gave the right hand to the Brazilian referee at all times. “It is checked. Goalkeeper’s ball, the goalkeeper defends the ball and through that movement, collides with the face of the attacking player who headed the ball. Accidentally, totally accidentally.”his collaborators explained to the field judge.
Marcelo Bielsa’s comment
They are complaints for seeing a play in a more favorable way than the referee’s decision…. It is an inconsequential situation, the referee is right or wrong, but I don’t think he had any weight in changing the result. Since we were one goal away, there are plays that we called for. It is a natural product that the game was going away and the tie did not come,” commented El Loco, faithful to his style, at a press conference.
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