The Copa del Rey will not have VAR until the round of 16. The reason is none other than, until this round, it is common for lower category clubs to play at home, which do not have the necessary facilities to apply video refereeing. After years living with a double filter to avoid referee errors, now the referees do not have a mattress, which, of course, increases the margin of error. Throughout the afternoon of this Wednesday and this Thursday, there have already been several significant errors that have angered those affected, while there are many other controversial plays:
Sporting-Villarreal
Raba called for a penalty after a fall. He sought it out, rather than provoked it. Sporting also claimed a non-punishable hand. Good performance by Muñiz Ruiz.
Zaragoza-Seville
Two consecutive actions the controversies of the duel of La Romareda. Álvaro Jiménez fell to Jordán, but Pizarro Gómez, very close to the play, declared that there was nothing. It seems to be correct. As with the second away goal, the work of Rafa Mir. The forward endured until the end to avoid the offside and started in line.
Girona-Osasuna
Ibrahima Kebe, a local soccer player, fell in the Osasuna area after an alleged contact from Oier. Indeed this occurs. There is a slight push from the red player, but the repetition reveals that there was more intention of the attacker to fall than of the defender to knock down. In minute 53 Álex Baena scored the second, but the linesman raised the flag correctly. Indeed, it was early.
Fuenlabrada-Cádiz
No prominent controversial actions.
Wednesday day
Alcoyano-Real Madrid
Soon the tension came to El Collao. At eight minutes, Dani Vega fell in the area, at a Militao crossing. The Brazilian central defender arrives well and touches the ball first. Iturralde González, a member of the Carrusel Deportivo de la Cadena SER and AS, is clear: “There is nothing. The only one who does not protest is the one who can do it. It is not his turn. It is not a penalty or corner.”
Linares 1-Barcelona 2
Ilias entered the area and connected a shot that went by millimeters to the right of Razak’s goal. At the time of the auction, he was bothered by Barbosa and claimed that he had run over. Cuadra Fernández did not see him that way, and ordered him to get up. Iturralde González he considered the referee’s decision a success: “There is nothing, the defender is very well with the annoyance.”
In the 66th minute, Linares scored the second on his own account, but was annulled for offside by Hugo Díaz. The footballer does not touch the ball, but he does interfere with Neto, who does not reach the ball. Iturralde González considers that the referee is correct in his decision: “Hugo Díaz does not touch it, but it is offside due to interference because he moves so that the ball does not touch him. He is very close to the goalkeeper, almost touching him“. Dani Garrido considered, on the contrary, that the goalkeeper had not stopped the ball the same way. The public, very angry, began to sing” out, out! “.
Cartagena 1-Valencia 2
It was the 27th minute of the game when, in a hubbub inside the area, Mo Dauda fell down and called for a penalty energetically. At first, it seemed that he had dropped, but Jesús Vázquez, totally involuntary, trips him from behind. González Fuertes did not see him live, he told him to get up and the game continued.
More mess if possible on the edge of rest. In the last action of the first half, Boateng was clearly overwhelmed by Jesús Vázquez. The repetition did not fully clarify whether the contact occurred outside or inside the area. González Fuertes, however, considered that the fault did not exist, whether it was a penalty or on the front. The Cartagena players, who were already dragging their anger from previous actions, surrounded the referee and spent a couple of minutes discussing their decision with him. The issue was settled with yellow for Pablo Vázquez and the capital anger of Cartagonova.
González Fuertes returned it to Cartagena. In the 72nd minute, Jesús Vázquez touched the ball with his hand and Ortuño converted the penalty. The Valencia player claims that the action was involuntary and that his arm was in a natural position, although it is true that the ball did hit him in the limb.
Leganés 2-Real Sociedad 3
Although penalties continue to be more interpretation by the referee, millimetric offside are still a headache for referees. Isak scored the first goal of the game in a doubtful position, which the television production cannot clarify. Jon Bautista, at 20 minutes, was alone in front of Ryan. The lineman indicated an illegal position and the repetition showed that he was wrong. Butarque saw it very clearly live and did not hesitate to issue a loud whistle against the decision. Mateu, on the edge of the break, annulled a goal to Isak for offside, although this time he was ahead.
At 73 minutes, refereeing was crucial again. A clear stomp from Rubio on Mikel Oyarzabal became the visitor’s third goal from the penalty spot. The action left no room for doubt, despite Butarque’s anger. Mateu’s success goes in the opposite direction to his mistake a few moments before, when Isak claimed a clear hand inside the area. The arm was extended and cutting pass. However, the referee did not see it.
Atlético Baleares 2-Celta 1
With the Balearic Islands coming up with the provisional triumph by a goal to zero, in a Canary internship in the area, Nolito knocked him down. Melero López, who saw it clearly, shouted the traditional: “Keep going!” There is contact, but it does not seem enough to punish with a penalty.
Mirandés 0-Rayo Vallecano 1
At minute 60, Capellini broke with emotion when he scored the first of the afternoon. He was even celebrating already, when the referee annulled him for an illegal position. It was, even if it took him a few seconds to point it out. The expulsion of Iago López, in 97 ‘, indisputable.
Real Valladolid 0- Betis 3
No prominent controversial actions.
Eibar 1- Mallorca 2
No prominent controversial actions.