VAR Audio: Video Referee did not show all angles to on-field official during controversial Real Madrid win
Real Madrid completed what should have been another remarkable comeback against Almeria, but will forever be viewed through the prism of refereeing controversy, after unprecedented intervention from the referees helped them on their way.
It was the first time that VAR had ever intervened three times to give decisions in favour of one team in a match, as Los Blancos earned a penalty, an overturned goal in their favour, and Almeria had one disallowed for a foul in the build-up too.
After the match, Almeria midfielder Gonzalo Melero said that they had been ‘robbed’, while Marc Pubill commented that ‘someone didn’t want us to win’. Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti saw no issues with the refereeing, saying he understood their frustration but that all the decisions were correct.
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The refereeing experts, including the Archivo VAR account, Antonio Mateu Lahoz and Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez all coincide that the decision to disallow Almeria’s goal for a foul by Dion Lopy on Jude Bellingham was correct, but that the other two were not.
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