Although in football Honduras has not approved the VAR nor is there the technology needed to finally apply it between Olympia and Marathon A controversial action took place in the national stadium in which the umpire took a decision based on an external recommendation from a box.
This was confirmed by the coaches of Olympia and Marathon in the respective press conferences they held at the end of the meeting.
And it is that in the 57th minute Jonathan Paz scored a goal This caused confusion, as at the time of touching the ball there was only one marathon defender at the goal line, since goalkeeper Denovan Torres came out to avoid a shot on goal.
According to rule 11, “A player is in an offside position if: he is closer to the opponent’s goal line than to the ball and the opponent’s PENULTIMATE.”
The line Cristian Ramirez initially he ran in the center of the field validating the goal, but then he retired and here is the Argentineor Pedro Troglio I say that “They took out the VARFrom there (off the field) they were warned, it is well canceled and it seems to me that it has already been validated, it is a bit crazy, but it is ok, ready, 2-0 is a result not to be neglected ”.
Vargas also reported that “The good thing was VAR, they notified through VAR and canceled it ”.