The referee whistles for a foul Felipe does not reach the ball with his hand and decides not to score.
After 42 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by Felipe Kroos might have resulted in another goal for Felipe. The players from Real Madrid requested a penalty and the referee decided to contact him with the player’s hand Atletico Madrid nor criminally deserved.
Felipe removes the ball with his hand, unintentionally, and immediately The VAR called Hernández Hernández, the whistle, decided it was not a crime, which immediately caused controversy on social networks.
Hernandez Hernandez, according to the collaborator ESPN Mister ChipIn his career, he went to the VAR 11 times and Felipe’s hand was the first time he contradicted video arbitration, which suggested that there was a penalty in favor of the meringues.
“Hernández Hernández has reviewed the monitor at the request of VAR 11 times (10 in the League and 1 in the Cup), because video refereeing is used in Spain. Today is the first time he maintains his initial decision and contradicts the VAR “, the data analyst published.
The decision helped Atlético de Madrid to go 1-0 at the break, as the game came three minutes before the end of the first half. In addition, Zidane’s team could score.
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The controversy on social media has exploded, because for days the criteria for marking a hand in the area are not clear.
The complaints of the Real Madrid players accompanied him on the whistle until the break, because several meringue players approached the half to ask for his decision, which avoided a penalty in favor of the visiting team.