It took little time for the first controversy of the meeting to arrive. Alberola Rojas scored a penalty in the 7th minute for a kick that Bigas gave Araujo inside the area two minutes before. The Castilian Manchego referee did not indicate the maximum penalty at first, but the VAR corrected him and finally indicated the eleven meters. The referee of As y la Ser, Iturralde González, did consider a penalty, from the first moment, the action of the Éibar defender. “For me, it is a penalty, because when the defender is going to clear, he clears the forward's leg,” Iturralde said. The action had no consequences on the scoreboard, since Braithwaite, who was the player who took responsibility for launching it, threw it out.
However, Iturralde considers that Alberola Rojas was wrong in the 36th minute by not penalizing an action by Lenglet with Inui: “Lenglet takes a penalty. The stomp is out, but he is late and runs over with the body runs over Inui. They are two actions in one. The stomp is outside, but then he runs over inside and you have to whistle the lowest. The most serious is inside and is a penalty. “
Iturralde also pointed out another ruling by the Castilian Manchego referee. It happened in the 89th minute, when Recio stepped on Junior Firpo. The Éibar midfielder, who already had a yellow card, had to be cautioned a second time and, consequently, sent off: “In the 89th minute, Alberola Rojas had to send off Recio for a stomp on Junior Firpo. Roja is not, because he is a stomp on the instep. If it were above the ankle, it would be red. If Alberola has seen the foul, he has to get a very clear yellow. It is the second yellow and it would be expulsion “.