It was the 82nd minute of the match when Ledesma received a yellow card after, according to Mateu Lahoz, knocking down Santi Mina inside the area. The VAR, which reviewed the play, did not notify the Valencian referee to go see the action on the video scoreboard. The maximum penalty ended up being stopped by the Argentine goalkeeper.
On the last play of the game, the locals asked for a penalty from Dituro.The Cadiz crowd, very angry, understood that the goalkeeper hit Alcaraz’s head with his outstretched arm and deserved an infraction. The Celestes alleged that Dituro touched the ball with his fist before.
The anger comes from behind. The Federation of Peñas del Cádiz unfurled a large banner in the Nuevo Mirandilla at the beginning of this same meeting. “Luis, fix the VAR”, indicated the sign located in the upper and lower stands of the stadium’s preference zone. A protest that comes after the controversy experienced against Mallorca last week, when the Andalusian side fell 2-1 after two much-discussed penalties.
This week, the president of Cádiz, Manuel Vizcaíno, already published an open letter to Rubiales in the same terms. “President, fix the VAR issue urgently…”