The Real Madrid expressed his discomfort after an action that in his opinion conditions the resolution of LaLiga Santander, the hand pointed to the Brazilian Militao when the white team had a penalty in favor that was turned against by the performance of the VAR before him Seville, and they recall similar actions that were not pointed out in their favor.
The most recent cost four points that would allow the Real Madrid face as leader the last three days of the championship. On matchday 32, in the goalless draw against him Betis, a hand of Juan Miranda; and in the Madrid derby of Metropolitan, on matchday 26, one of the Brazilian Felipe in the tie against a goal Atlético de Madrid.
“It has been a very influential decision that generates a lot of uncertainty. There have been very similar plays in our favor with different decisions,” he recalled Emilio Butragueño. “It leaves us restless but the VAR has made that decision,” lamented the director of institutional relations, the voice of the club after the games, abandoning his usual restraint.
In the same way a Zidane unknown so far. Never in his time as a coach had he gone to the center of the field to ask a referee for explanations after the end of a game. The coach did not understand the reasons why he indicated the penalty of Militao and asked for some arguments that did not convince him.
“I am very angry, they have to explain to me the rule of the hands on penalties, “he later confessed in a statement that makes it clear that not even the protagonists themselves are capable of clearly ensuring when it is a penalty and when not a hand inside the area. Zidane has been added Ronald Koeman, technician of the eternal enemy, the Barcelona, calling for an urgent solution to these situations.
Those who are in the field are not clear either. So he confessed Marco Asensio after scoring the goal that lifted Real Madrid and left him with the lead on shot before a key play. “Few of us still understand how the rule of the hands works, Militao doesn't even look at the ball and accidentally hits him on the hand. It is an action that changed the game and that affects us to win the League, “he said.
After hours, the indignation does not subside in the Real Madrid. The squad and Zidane are already thinking about the immediate duel of grenade with the set objective of winning the last three days to rush the title options they have left, two points behind Atlético de Madrid and waiting for a new stumble from the leader.
In the club, a list of actions similar to those of Militao that they did not mean penalties in favor of a team that was 25 days without throwing a maximum penalty. They remember that in a match, in Mestalla against him Valencia, suffered up to three penalties against and they already pointed out a hand from Nacho Fernández in the surprising defeat against him Alaves at the Alfredo di Stéfano stadium.
In the disparity of criteria of the referees, plays appear as a clear hand of Ander Capa in the Real Madrid match against the Athletic club. He cut off a dribbling action by Brazilian Vinicius Junior, losing his balance and hitting the ball with his left hand. The clash ended in a draw.
Adds to the hand of Philip in the Madrid derby, after a corner kick taken by Toni Kroos and with Casemiro waiting for the ball to finish. The action is considered very similar at Real Madrid and was not considered a penalty by referee Hernández Hernández, despite the fact that from the VAR They invited him to review the action on the monitor, in a match that ended in a draw.
It was repeated before him Betis in another corner kick, a shot of Militao head towards the rival goal that was cut off by a hand of Lookinga without the referee indicating the maximum penalty or having an indication by the video arbitration.
The Real Madrid feels harmed by the arbitration decisions and by the use of the VAR. In actions similar to the one he suffered from Militao, they have missed six points that would present a different situation in the final stretch of the pulse by LaLiga Santander.