The VAR is cruel to Pellegrini: Real Sociedad beats Betis with two huge referee errors

Manuel Pellegrini suffers again at the VAR. He suffered it against Real Madrid and suffered it again today against Real Sociedad. Betis lost 0-3 at Benito Villamarín seeing how their chances of being the leader of the Spanish league were suppressed from the video refereeing booth.

Two inexplicable situations that cost Betis the defeat, despite the fact that the Engineer’s team did not display its best game. Both teams played the first position in La Liga and that was evident in the attitude displayed on the field: intensity, attack and great rhythm.

The Royal Society started out slightly superior. The former team of Claudio Bravo, who returned to the starting position after an injury, stood better in the Sevillian field and struck first thanks to an exquisite center from Mikel Oyarzabal who with power sent Portu to save at 43 ′. The partial advantage of the Basque team was deserved.

Everything changed in the plugin. Engineer Pellegrini sent his men to attack in search of a draw, a score that they quickly found at 47 ′ thanks to a header from Sanabria in the center of the area. However, the VAR annulled the conquest since it considered that the green-and-white player’s shoulder was slightly advanced. The unusual thing is that not only to the human eye, but also to computational analysis, the Paraguayan striker seemed in an enabled position.

The tragedy for Pellegrini did not end there. At 63 ‘, Sanabria himself suffered a grab inside the area that did not allow him to complete a Chilean in a good way. The evidence of the fault was in broad daylight: the shirt was completely ripped on one side. The VAR notified Javier Estrada Fernández of a possible penalty, but the referee, even after seeing the images on the television, dismissed the charge and indicated an offense in attack. The Chilean couldn’t believe it.

With Betis emotionally on the ground, the Basques took advantage of the opponent’s slump to seal the match. At 74 ′ Oyarzabal scored the 2-0 penalty, while at 88 ′ Januzaj closed the game with a powerful shot from the left, impossible for Bravo.

La Real leads alongside Villarreal with 11 points, while Betis remains in seventh position, with nine points. On the next date the Betis will collide with Atlético de Madrid.