The teams most ‘benefited’ and ‘harmed’ by the VAR

The VAR returns to be in the eye of the hurricane. Vizcaíno, president of Cádiz, has sent a new letter to Luis Rubiales asking for a single criterion for the use of video arbitration. One of the complaints is for a slight penalty that the VAR did not correct (the referee appreciated a grab from Alejo when it was a slight brush) and in the other case the referee was sent to the monitor (Ledesma’s knee to Ángel when he went out to clear a ball). Although in this last move there are discrepancies: some argue that it is “football” and that the goalkeeper only goes for the ball and should not be considered a penalty; although others, as Iturralde González defended in the SER (“Ledesma cannot go out like this. It’s a penalty. Correct decision”), it is. As a result of this controversy, we analyze the interventions of this tool in what we have been in the League. Only the times that the VAR has entered to correct a referee’s decision on the field of play are taken into account.

so far this season There have been 65 VAR interruptions in LaLiga. The majority of corrective actions are penalties (30) ahead of goals (28), cards (6) and identity errors (1). Of the 65 interventions, only in three did the referee uphold his decision after going through the monitor (in two penalties and in one goal decision). The teams that have had the most irruptions (for, against and that did not influence) are Levante (12), Valencia (10) and Mallorca (10).

The teams that have experienced a VAR intervention the most In favor have been Levante (seven times), Atlético (5) and Granada (5). They would be followed by Celta, Alavés, Valencia, Betis, Cádiz and Mallorca, all with four to their advantage. The ones that have fewer VAR irruptions in their favor are Rayo, Villarreal, Elche, Osasuna and Barcelona, ​​with one.

However, the team that has experienced the most VAR interventions against them is Osasuna (6). The other most detrimental are Rayo, Betis and Valencia with five against. They are followed with one less irruption by Mallorca, Villarreal, Elche and Atlético. Barcelona is the only team without interventions against them. Alavés and Granada only have one that harms them and Real Madrid, Celta, Athletic and Real Sociedad have two.