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In the English League, on this weekend’s matchday, a goal against Liverpool against Everton was disallowed for an alleged offside. This decision turned out to be incorrect, because the line that was drawn for the analysis of the offside was drawn incorrectly, it ended up influencing the final result of the match, transforming a possible victory for the “red“With tie.
In the post-match, only and in a normal way the decision and the competence of the people who did it were discussed, without ever pinching the honesty and honesty, neither the refereeing team, nor the referees who were in the VAR. There was also no press conference by the Liverpool president, because there, the presidents have other more important functions with regard to the leadership and management of a club, because there the officials have evolved and have a different position and behavior and, on all defend football as a product. Because there, those who do not have this attitude are fined with significant financial penalties.
When we realize this and, above all, this different way of being and being, we clearly perceive what in our football, for many years that pass, always remains the same and does not undergo evolution.
Of the Sporting-FC Porto match, the highlight is the play that took place at 45 ‘+ 1’. Initially Luís Godinho scored Zaidou’s penalty on Pedro Gonçalves, sending the Porto player off for accumulating yellow cards. Then, after the intervention of the VAR and going to the monitor to review the play, Luís Godinho ended up reversing both decisions, canceling the penalty and removing the disciplinary sanction, restarting the game with a ball on the ground.
In my opinion, the final decision to reverse the offer was correct. There is no reason for a penalty kick. The Porto player, for a moment, has his hand on the back of the player “Leo”, but does not grab or push him. That is to say, this slight contact has no consequence, it does not prevent Pedro Gonçalves from reaching the ball and being able to dominate, control, touch or shoot, nor was it that contact that caused his fall.
Because the important thing is the final decision and the sports truth, I affirm that it was not a penalty and the expulsion of the blue and white player did justice to what really happened. Now, the other side of the question, which is whether the VAR intervention in this circumstance obeyed what is normally recommended in the protocol. And this is where we realize that it was not consistent with what is usually done in these situations, that is, there was actually an arm in contact on the back, within the area, so it is a movement to interpret the intensity, not a mistake. rude. “… If the control does not indicate a clear and obvious error, it will normally not be necessary for the VAR to communicate with the referee …” (page 145, paragraph 5, of the rules of the game), that is, the protocol It does not prohibit but gives an indication of non-interference in these cases, leaving the initial decision of the referee as valid. And, in Portugal, we have witnessed numerous cases in which the interpretation moves, called the gray area, the VAR does not intervene, hearing the question that everything that is not clear and evident limits its intervention and, in this chapter , Everything subjective and interpretative is at the discretion of the referee and the decision he makes initially on the field.
Summing up and concluding: Zaidu was not penalized, but the VAR does not usually intervene in this type of movement.
