The controversy in Real Madrid-Sevilla came a few minutes after Benzema tied the game for the white team. In the 36th minute, Ocampos claimed a penalty for taking down Alaba in the area. Sánchez Martínez, very close to the play, did not appreciate the action as a penalty and De Burgos Bengoetxea also did not call him to review the play on the VAR monitor.
For Iturralde González, referee of AS and Cadena SER, the Murcian referee should have pointed out the fateful point. “It is a penalty. It is not a VAR penalty, but if the referee gives it to you it is a penalty, because it hits him on the leg that he is going to advance”said the former collegiate in the live broadcast of Carrusel Deportivo. “It is a referee penalty. The referees have to stop leaving their responsibilities and whistle as if there were no VAR. The VAR did not come for this type of penalties. This action is a problem of the referee, not of the use of VAR,” he added Iturralde.