Hernández Hernández should not have awarded a penalty because “the contact is very slight”

About minute 45 of the first half, Griezmann receives Messi's space. Gayá, in the race with Griezmann, touches the ball, but the Frenchman surpasses him to stand before Jaume, although he still does not control the ball. When the Frenchman goes to control, the Valencia defender contacts him slightly from behind, both on the shoulder and below. Griezmann ends up falling and Hernández Hernández, collegiate of the clash, signals the penalty and expels Gayá because he understands that it is a manifest chance of scoring.

However, the VAR advises the referee to go see the action. After going to see the action on video, Hernández Hernández kept the penalty, but changed Gayá's red for a yellow. “The VAR goes in to correct a supposed obvious scoring chance, it's going to see the red one, because the contact exists, very slight, yes. It is clear that it is not red, but, in my opinion, there is no penalty anywhere. But Hernández Hernández acts well, because the regulations apply, but for me it is not a penalty. Griezmann drops as soon as he notices something. There is a small contact, but the referees were told that they had to be clear contacts. This is not a penalty, there is no lack of appreciation. Hernández Hernández changes and says that it is a penalty because it locks him down, but it is still a very slight contact, then it is not an obvious occasion and he has to remove the red for yellow, “says Iturralde González.

In minute 57, Valencia claimed a penalty for a hand from De Jong in the area. Hernández Hernández did not point out anything. “It is not a hand, it hits him on the neck and even if it had hit him in the hand it would not be punishable, that one does come from a rebound. First he clears, goes to the Valencia player and hits him,” says Iturralde.