The premiere of the technology of semi-automatic offside has had a premiere controversial in LaLiga EA Sports. In the third match of the season, which was played this Friday in Balaídos, Celtic and the Alavessaid method cancelled a bit of Iago Aspas on the brink of half-time, which would have meant a temporary draw for the Vigo team.
At first, the referee of the match, the Andalusian Quintero Gonzalezmaking his debut in the top flight, considered the goal valid. However, warned from the VOR room, a few minutes later he disallowed it Douvikas offsideplayer of the Galician team.
The image shows how the tip of Douvikas’ left boot is slightly in front of the offside line
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It took several minutes, until the digital image of the play was provided, to verify that, indeed, Douvikas was a little more advanced than the last Alavés defender. Or more than Douvikas, the tip of the left boot of the Greek footballer from the Vigo team.
Furthermore, in the first image offered, the one from the side, it is not clear that the Greek is offside. resort to the second to see that the tip of the footballer’s left boot is very slightly ahead from the offside line marked by the Basque team’s defender. And this, assuming that the image projection is absolutely faithful to reality.
Enough to cancel the goal? Does Celta take advantage of this situation? It is the eternal debate. A discussion that did not escalate on Friday because Celta ended up winning its match. Claudio Giraldez, The local coach joked in a press conference that Douvikas would now wear a boot that was a size smaller, which might have prevented him from being offside.
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He VAR He had already intervened in this same match when Quintero González went to the monitor to review an action that had initially been sanctioned with a direct red card for Iago Aspas but which after said review was changed to a yellow card. “It’s very light red and that’s it.”, He assured after the match Luis Garcia PlazaBabazorro coach at a press conference. A decision that, together with the goal being disallowed, marked the development of the match.
