The Madrid-Sheriff controversy: two penalties, a disallowed goal for the Moldovan team …

Two possible penalties in favor of Madrid in two minutes. One was not sanctioned, the other was whistled and that served for Benzema to tie the game against the Sheriff. At the edge of game time, Vinicius fell into the area locked by Costanza. The Belgian Lawrence Visser did not indicate anything and neither did the monkey urge his French colleague Clément Turpin, who was at the VAR, to attend. “He hits him. It is a penalty, but it is not a VAR. UEFA and the CTA want real penalties. If the referee gives it to you, it is a penalty, but it is a penalty, “commented Iturralde González, referee for AS and Cadena SER, in the live broadcast of Carrusel Deportivo.

Two minutes later (62 '), the ball did go to the point of eleven meters from the Sheriff's area due to a knockdown of Addo to Vinicius that Visser did not indicate in the first instance, but he did sanction after seeing the play on the VAR monitor. “It is a penalty, he puts his leg in and does not let him advance”Iturralde explains.

In the 72nd minute, with 1-1 on the scoreboard, the Sheriff had a goal disallowed for offside by Bruno in a play that took time to be ratified by the VAR. “Bruno is ahead and not by much. It's very fair, that's why they took so long to review the play”Iturralde explained.