The controversy in the Raise-Atlético de Madrid arrived in the final stretch of the meeting. With 1-2 on the scoreboard in favor of the colchoneros, Gonzalez Fuertes, referee of the match, he pointed out a penalty in the 85th minute in favor of the granotas after a Morales cross that Lodi touched with his hand against De Frutos. The referee went to the monitor to review the play and point out the maximum penalty. Bardhi was in charge of launching it and getting his double from 11 meters against Oblak.
For Iturralde González, referee of AS and Carrusel, the referee of the match was right in his decision: “This type of hands when you are going to dispute a ball with an open hand that occupies a space and you get bigger, which is almost over your shoulder, this guy hands are being whistled, it is not worth saying that the football is being charged. You have to adapt to how it is being whistled and This hand, whether we like it or not, is a hand. There is no discussion. As it is whistling, it is hand and it is not a warning because it does not go to goal, the ball goes out, but hand whether you like it or not, it is whistling “.
The AS y Carrusel referee considered the play: “As they are interpreting the regulations, that rule 12 has changed, it will be considered that a player has occupied more space in an unnatural way, not a consequence of his body. Now the hands have to be appraised according to the action. They call you because the directives of your bosses are to call you. The hand if it goes to goal is to caution. I would have called him. If one day another referee direction comes and comes with another criterion on the hands, it will be necessary to adapt to the criterion “.
After the controversial penalty, Ángel Correa saw the yellow card for protesting the referee’s decision. Once the eight extra minutes were up, the Levante players Rober Pier, Vezo and De Frutos complained to the referee for whistling the end of the match and not letting Orriols’ men continue with the play. Pier raised his arms and saw the second yellow when the match was over. The Levante defender saw the first yellow in the 95th minute, three before the game ended. The player retired to the locker room tunnel between protests.