A situation that will inevitably leave traces. Despite the use of VAR, an unfair goal was awarded to Sporting on Friday evening, in their match against Casa Pia.
The introduction of VAR did not solve all refereeing problems. If this technique made it possible to correct some refereeing errors, it also strengthened the spectators’ requirements regarding respect for the rules of the game.
So when Sporting is awarded an invalid goal, on Friday night against Casa Pia, thousands of observers gather against refereeing.
Offside goal
Sporting shouldn’t open the scoring this way. Top scorer from the third minute, man of the match Paulinho He was actually a few centimeters offside at the time of his teammate’s cross. An illegitimate position may have escaped the VAR, allowing Sporting to take the lead against their opponent.
And this first achievement of the game had huge consequences. Indeed, this put the people of Lisbon on the right track in a meeting won by those with smaller margins (1-2). If it is difficult to imagine what role this meeting would have taken without this unfairly verified objective, the fact is that it was of great importance to the final result.
appointed trainers
and the Portuguese technician from Casa Pia, Philip Martins, was a rather elegant reaction after this event. Despite this injustice, the coach said that he did not want to add fuel to the fire, while the arbitration board had already assumed this fatal error without warning. “The mistake has already been acknowledged by the refereeing officials, but since I never talked about refereeing before, I won’t talk about it now. This shouldn’t have happened, but let’s talk about the game instead.”announced Philip Martins.
If he took advantage of this mistake to achieve a second success in the league, the Sporting coach Robin Amorim He did not appreciate these few seconds of inattention on the part of the VAR officials. “This can’t happen. I can imagine how Philippe feels. As a Sporting coach, I find it unfair, because it could have happened to us too.”Boss fired the lion Before asserting that, despite this, the victory of his people was – in his words – deserved: “The goal should not have been allowed, but we created more chances and in the end the result was fair.”
I took action immediately
It did not take long for the authorities to respond to this unprecedented situation. A few minutes after the match whistle was blown, the refereeing body of the Portuguese Football Federation issued a press release confirming that it was indeed a mistake by the VAR officials: “Instead of placing it on the foot of the Sporting striker, the line was placed on the shoulder which led to this error in the analysis. The goal should not be validated because the player was nine centimeters offside”can we read the press release.
Action was taken immediately. Indeed, the video referee of the meeting Hugo MiguelAnd also his assistant Roy SoaresThey were soon suspended from their duties indefinitely.
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