The VAR returns part of its debt to Barça

The WHERE returned to Barça part of what lousy arbitrations have denied him these seasons in his few setbacks. The video arbitration, only present in the final of the Champions female in 2020 and 2021, premiered yesterday in the quarterfinals of the highest continental competition. Finally. Now it’s time to introduce it in a league that started this campaign but without all the tools to impart justice that reign in the Champions male.

And in the debut in qualifying rounds there was no lack of controversy with a pointed penalty that transformed Alexia Putellas in the 53rd minute of Real Madrid-Barça to even the contest. a clash between Olga Carmona and Caroline Graham Hansen that did not seem to go beyond a contact ended with the Norwegian on the grass. the finnish Lina Lehtovaara did not whistle anything in the first instance but the Portuguese João Pinheiroat the front in the video arbitration room, urged the main collegiate to review the play on the screen to the indignation of Alberto Torilwhite coach, and vary his initial opinion to the delight of the Barça. Alexia then returned calm to a team not accustomed to being in tow.

The move will be talked about although in the Barça dressing room many agreed that the two Champions League finals played would be three if in the Final Eight from Basque Countryin the midst of a pandemic, would have been the WHERE in force. The best aritra in the world, the French Stephane Frappartthe first to whistle four months later a men’s match in the Championsdid not succeed in the quarterfinals with two clear penalties for the Barça before him Athletic. The culés passed (0-1) but in ‘semis’ they hallucinated with the hungarian Katalin Kulcsár by not pointing out some clear German hands in the area. “With the VAR the result could have been different. Women’s football must grow in everything, “he claimed Lluís Cortés after falling to him wolfsburg (1-0) being superior Barça to the Germans. And that the technology of WHERE was already implanted in the rooms of San Mames and the ‘half’ of Anoeta. Saved by the monitor, those of Jonatan Giráldez They took a breath to finish off with the 1-2 of Claudia Pina and prolong the Barcelona party in Madrid two days from 0-4 of the ‘Xavi Teame in the Bernabeu.

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