[ad_1]
Real Madrid, which are supposedly backed by the referees, have already lost five points this season for not having used VAR correctly.
Real Madrid won La Liga last season after a 10-win streak and are doing their best to defend the championship this time as well. However, there seems to be controversy every time the best club in the world wins with hints that the VAR and the referees have been helping the Whites find an easy way out.
In truth, Real Madrid would have been seven points better than today if the claims of the opposing camps were true.
Real Sociedad 0-0 Real Madrid (2 points lost due to lack of use of VAR)
Real Madrid visited San Sebastián in the first outing of this La Liga campaign and could return home with just one point. Real Sociedad kept them in a 0-0 draw, but that should not have been the case, with images showing a penalty that should have been awarded.
A cross from Ferland Mendy nailed Gorosabel in the arm, but the referee that night turned a blind eye to appeals. The VAR was not consulted, much less a decision was made.
Real Madrid 1-2 Deportivo Alavés (1 point lost due to lack of penalty)
Real Madrid trailed 1-0 at the peak of the break to Alavés when Marcelo was the subject of another incident that was totally overlooked by the screen-based committee, which may have been very decisive.
Marcelo was retired by Victor LaGuardia who did not try to play the ball, while also pulling his hair. Los Blancos would have tied before the break and the complexion of the game could have been different in the second half.
Elche 1-1 Real Madrid (2 points lost due to inconsistent penalty penalty)
Elche rescued a point against Real Madrid in the last game that had controversy with the VAR. Dani Carvajal was sanctioned for a similar jerk on the shirt that also occurred in the first half on Karim Benzema, which was uncontested and unpunished.
With a possible penalty goal, Madrid would have gone 2-0 up before the hosts in the match had a chance to draw from the penalty spot, another influential decision.
With Real Madrid without penalties in La Liga since May 2018 and having two very reliable penalty shooters in Sergio Ramos and Karim Benzema, one could imagine that these decisions, had they been called, would have had a lot of influence. The VAR, in Spain, has been inconsistent as in the whole world, but the claims that it favors one team over another just seem ridiculous.
[ad_2]
