The VAR of the Classic reopens the debate of the grabs

Velasco Carballo, president of the referees, always has said that throughout each season there are three hot moments. And now, LaLiga goes through one of them. He atmosphere was warm to the Classic for the Valencia protests against this tool and those of Betis (the expulsion of Emerson and Bartra's hand against Madrid and the offside and grab in which Sanabria was involved against Real Sociedad) and has culminated with the penalty of Lenglet on Bouquets by hold. A type of action in which VAR has rarely entered. But having done it in a Barcelona-Madrid I could assume that reopens the ban.

Till the date, only five penalties by grabbing had been previously indicated at the request of the VAR after two seasons and the beginning of this. Most were in 18-19: in the Alaves-Espanyol (Laguardia committed it, although it looked more like a tackle), Eibar-Athletic (grab / tackle by Íñigo Martínez on Enrich), in the Getafe-Valencia (clamorous grab of Bruno on Gameiro) and the Rayo-Real Madrid (from Vallejo about Javi Guerra). In 19-20 only at Eibar-Athletic, when Prieto Iglesias, after reviewing it for a long time, granted the grab of Dani García to Escalante. During these years there have been several seizures in the areas and Velasco Carballo was asked on numerous occasions why he was not entering. He always pointed to the criterion of “clamorous” and that in most cases the fault is reciprocal. Something that included the image that was given last week at Villamarín, when Sanabria he approached Estrada Fernández with his shirt torn by a grab of Le Normand. Iglesias Villanueva, from the VOR, did take the initiative to call his partner to the monitor, but he decided not to grant it since he appreciated Sanabria's previous lack.

That intervention by Villamarín, although it did not culminate in a penalty, along with that of the Clásico, It may mean that the ban is opened to this type of actions, which were tried to avoid during the past season (in which the CTA itself indicated that it was the one with the fewest errors in the entire history of Spanish arbitration). The penalty, which has been marked in recent years by the hands, could find a new scenario, that of the grabbing. Situation that occurs in each set piece in all games. The braids and the Committee itself will find themselves at a crossroads and criticism if they do not enter other similar ones while they have done so in a match between Barcelona and Real Madrid. He comparative tort risk. Why to the great ones yes and the others not … Although the history, previously listed, shows that it has only happened once.

This season, in the circular prior to the league start, the Committee itself asked its braids to be more careful when signaling penalties: “It is observed how the participants in the game, knowing the existence of the VAR, use some contacts to fall and remain on the grass while waiting for the VAR to recommend a review to the referee.”

The classics, despite being high-tension matches and of which everything that both clubs entail is magnified, They have only experienced two VAR interventions in three seasons. In other words, the life preserver has only been used twice to correct a clear and obvious error. The first time was in 2018 to signal a Varane penalty on Luis Suárez. The second, Lenglet's grab for Ramos. What It is the first intervention of the VAR this season in a Barcelona match and that has fallen against them. Regarding the balance of Madrid is the third, being all in their favor.