He Cornellà-Atlético de Madrid of the second round of the Copa del Rey was not without controversy. Something that with VAR could have come to nothing, but it must be remembered that this ‘referee help’ is not used until later in the competition.
The first controversial play came in the first half, when a ball hung from the Cornellà impacted on the hand of Ricard, who was inside the area at the time. The intention of the mattress youth squad was not to hit the ball with his hand, but there it hit him. The Catalan players claimed the maximum penalty.
The second action took place as soon as the second half began. Vitolo He received a deep pass and stayed hand in hand with Ramón, local goal. But before he could fire, the assistant raised the flag. Offside that was not such, because the canary had left his own field. A serious mistake, because Vitolo stayed in hand to hand. The canary energetically demanded that decision, but there was no going back.
Later, Atlético would ask for the second yellow to Borja Garcia after an entry from behind the Cornellà footballer about belt. Did not see it like that Fernandez block that, on the other hand, right after, he did show the card to Ricard after the canterano left his foot to Ramón when the local goalkeeper already had the ball in his possession. Atlético was left with ten with almost half an hour of the game ahead.