Morata refused with a hat-trick against Barça

According to statistics, Álvaro Morata scored 18 goals in 2020, but 11 of them were rejected for offside. The refusal of a goal is probably a feeling that is familiar to Morata. Over the weekend, the VAR also denied the Spaniard 1 goal on the day Juventus drew 1-1 against Hellas Verona.

And tonight, Morata’s bad luck reached its peak. He became the first player in history to be rejected by the VAR with up to 3 goals.

The first situation came in the 15th minute. Morata was offside in the situation of escaping to take the gap from Cuadrado. In fact, he also let the ball touch his hand in the situation of passing the ball through goalkeeper Neto before scoring an empty net.

In the 30th minute, Morata deftly escaped to catch Cuadrado’s center. Morata’s one-touch shot is extremely delicate and Neto’s goalkeeper can only watch. But after consulting the VAR, the referee rejected Juventus’ goal.

The last ball that turned Morata into a joke happened in the 55th minute and the man who brought bad luck to the Spaniard was none other than the black midfielder Cuadrado. In this ball phase, Cuadrado very beautifully tilted the lamp table. The ball does not go into the goal, but it arrives in the right place for Morata and the job of Juventus No. 9 is simply to cushion the ball at the net. The referee also acknowledged Juve’s goal before VAR came in and poured cold water on Morata.

Thanks to Morata’s ungainly day, the Barça defense stood firm after Ousmane Dembélé opened the scoring in minute 14 two.