The Atletico Madrid was winning the Espanyolwith a goal Carrasco. He had the game relatively controlled, but a play would come that would change everything. Figueroa Vazquez showed the second yellow card to Geoffrey Kondogbia and in that lack, Thomas Raul would get the equalizer.
The action passed quickly, but the Andalusian referee did not hesitate to point out the infraction or admonish the Frenchman, who did not come out of his astonishment. He had already seen a card in the first part, for which he was sent off.
It is true that the Espanyol player’s shot ends up hitting Kondogbia’s arm, who had thrown himself to the ground to cover it, but in between, the ball hit Felipe’s foot and from there it went to the Frenchman’s arm. Foul, yellow… and goal.
As it is a warning, the VAR cannot enter to correct the referee’s decision, and none of his assistants or the fourth referee realized that the ball had been rejected in Felipeso despite the claims of the colchoneros, who asked him to see the play on the monitor, it was not possible.
STAMP ON JOAO IN THE AREA
Already in the first part, Atlético claimed a penalty against João Félix due to a clear stomp by Sergi Gómez in the ‘perica’ area, but since the ball was not close, neither the referee nor the VAR considered that it should be a penalty.
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