Real Madrid took the lead in their match against Shakhtar Donetsk with a goal that reopened the debate with the offside that was generated by Mbappé’s goal in the Nations League final against Spain. In the 0-1 (37 ‘) in Kiev there were doubts with the position of Karim Benzema, recipient of the Lucas Vázquez center that Krystov ended up entering his own goal when he tried to clear. The final image of the VAR showed that the Real Madrid forward was in regulation position at all times, but Iturralde González valued in Sports Carousel the hypothesis that Benzema had been offside and the referee, the Serbian Srdjan Jovanović, would have given the same validity as well.
“Today are we going to have the same controversy that we had with Spain? Because Benzema was offside, the defender has to go clear and he gets his own goal. It conditions him, but does not interfere. It is a perfectly legal goal, but like Mbappé’s “, commented the AS and SER referee during the live broadcast of Carrusel. Seconds later, however, the VAR, when pulling the lines, clearly shows that Benzema is in regulatory position. This ruled out the option that it was necessary to decide whether it was an offside with interference or not.