The controversy of Barcelona-Huesca: it was not a penalty on Rafa Mir, according to Iturralde

Cordero Vega signaled a controversial penalty at the edge of halftime in the match he faces at the Camp Nou to Barcelona and Huesca. The local team was comfortable after the goals of Messi and Griezmann, but in the discount saw how the referee gave the maximum penalty for a highly protested demolition of Ter Stegen on Rafa Mir.

The forward entered the auction after a delivery from the right side. The goalkeeper went out to avoid it and touched him lightly with his hand to make it difficult for him to shoot. Finally, the ball was lost on the baseline. Cordero Vega whistled a penalty, to the surprise of the Barça players, who were very critical of the decision. Melero López, from the VAR, did not call his partner to see him on the screen. The game was stopped for just over a minute, while it was checked whether the Huesca attacker was ahead. The repetition showed that he was in line and from above they did not want to question the decision of the field referee.

Iturralde González, referee for AS and Carrusel Deportivo, analyzed the action live: “Nothing. It is not a penalty ever. It does not imply a card. It is a touch, not to shoot it. The VAR does not have to look for an image to support an arbitration decision. Football is contact. At no time is it to whistle a penalty. If you go running like Rafa Mir and they hit you with their hand on the leg they hit you a terrible blow. The VAR did not come to help the referee but to help football. The VAR is used to support erroneous arbitration decisions. And I think that's the mistake. The VAR came to remove gross errors in football and not to search for an image where you can support a referee error “.