He FC Barcelona could not get past the draw in their away duel against Getafe (1-1), but the story could have been different if the referee Pablo González Fuertes would have given as a penalty the clear grab at the exit of a corner Christantus Uche about Jules Koundé in the 80th minute. The footballer Getafewithout looking at the ball at any time, prevented the Barça defender from going to the finishing area and obviously knocked him down inside the area.
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However, and despite having a privileged view of the play, the referee Gonzalez Fuertes He quickly denied that there was a penalty Uche about Koundé and not from the VARwith the Madrid native Francisco José Hernández Maeso At the head, they told him to review the controversial action on the monitor at the foot of the field.
Television images make it clear that Uche grabbed Koundé with no option to contest the ball and the penalty should have been called, but what is most surprising is that a very similar play with the real Madrid as the protagonist, it was imposed as the maximum penalty just a month and a half ago. On December 1, precisely in the duel against Getafe at the Bernabéu, the azulón defender Allan Nyon grabbed Antonio Rudiger at the exit of a corner and on that occasion the referee Alejandro José Hernández Hernández gave a penalty.
The decision of Hernandez Hernandez about the demolition of Nyom to Rüdiger allowed the real Madrid get ahead on the scoreboard, since Bellingham He converted the penalty, and most experts agreed that the play was well called.
After a month and a half, the refereeing criteria seems to have changed and the play of Uche in view of Koundé It was not considered a penalty. We’ll see what happens in future grabs within the area.
