Díaz de Mera Escuderos annulled, at the request of the VAR (where González González is), a goal against Casemiro for offside in the 39th minute of the match between Rayo Vallecano and Real Madrid in Vallecas. The Brazilian was in an offside position when he finished off Kroos’s cross, but the referee could also have annulled it by the hand of the Madrid player, according to Iturralde González in the live broadcast of Cadena SER’s Carrusel Deportivo.
“It was first offside and then it’s hand. If he hadn’t been offside, I was going to annul him just the same because he’s an attacking hand. If it had been by hand, I wouldn’t have had to go see it either because hands in attack are objective”, explained the AS referee.
The referee then explained that, on a later play before the break, Balliu risked being sent off for hitting Vinicius with his hand. “That’s what comes in is if he interprets that it is excessive force and then it would be red. If you buy ballots and he expels you for aggression…” commented Iturralde.
Yellow card for Casemiro for fouling Óscar Valentín (58′)
About to complete the first quarter of an hour of the second half, Casemiro saw the yellow card for a stomp on Óscar Valentínin an action that sparked a debate in Carousel due to the possibility that the fault could have been sanctioned with a direct red card.
“He’s late, he steps on him and he’s cautioned. It’s a stomp. He steps on his ankle. The VAR is not going to say anything because it is not clearly above the ankle, but if the play is red on the field, the referee is not going to say that it is not. Although he may be injured, the regulations do not speak of consequences, but of facts,” explained Iturralde González.
“It seems to me that if the VAR looks at it, it can analyze the play”, commented Dani Garrido, director of Carousel. “Orange. Bordering on red. Hard,” Mijatovic said. “Casemiro tries to play the ball, he doesn’t go with excessive force and tries to play the ball. For me it’s yellow”, judged Álvaro Benito. “Yellow and a half”, valued Alfredo Relaño, honorary president of AS. “Yellow is fine,” said Tomás Roncero.