Two minutes and forty seconds, wait until it is established that there is a Penalty? So it was not thought safe, as the European governing body, Uefa, to introduce the video referee for a half a year earlier than planned in the Champions League. And yet, players and Fans had to wait for the match between Schalke 04 and Manchester City for almost three minutes until the penalty was given in front of the 1:1.
The reason for this is pretty embarrassing for the billion company Uefa: referee Carlos del Cerro looked at the game pictures. A technical glitch prevented that the Spaniards could see for himself where the shot of the schalker Daniel Caligiuri was landed. And of all places in a German stadium, where the VAR is already for more than a year in use.
viewers at home and the video wizard saw the Ball rebound off the Arm of Nicolas Otamendi. But the City defender tried seemingly yet to get his Arm behind the body.
Penalty or not? Caligiuris shot goes Otamendi in the Arm the video wizard on the penalty spot. (Images: tele-club)
Del Cerro decided spontaneously on the corner for Schalke, but received a quick phone call to his video assistant. What followed was a stress test for the referee. Here are the Schalke, which vehemently demanded a penalty. There, the Mancunians, the del Cerro pushed to a Corner to continue playing. In the ear of the assistant with his view of things. And at the edge of a screen that could provide him with no pictures.
So del Cerro is left at the end of the evaluation of the wizard in front of the video screens – and gave the penalty plus the mandatory Yellow card. This caused, in turn, Otamendi after a Foul in the 68th. Minute Yellow-Red is made from the field.
And so the VAR-the evening was not finished at Schalke. Before the break, the next use of the VAR came: Salif Sane is knocked down in the penalty area by Fernandinho, del Cerro decides immediately to Penalty. And he is confirmed by the VAR-System. Even if Sane was started before the Foul may just be in an Offside position.
The second VAR-Penalty to Schalke. Fernandinho to tears Sane, may be ultra-tight in the Offside. (Images: tele-club)
it is Possible that Pep Guardiola was voted by the incredible twist of the game from 1:2 to 3:2 from the point of view of his team mild. Anyway, the coach of Manchester said after the game: “The first was a penalty, the second also. I’m a big Fan of the VAR.”
And indeed, it was this Wednesday in the second game of the Evening between Atlético Madrid and Juventus Turin are a number of proofs how valuable the video wizard can be. First referee Felix Zwayer shows in the 28. Minute on the penalty spot, after Mattia De Sciglio has made the Madrid’s Diego Costa, on the hoe. But then he receives via radio the note that the Foul was falling outside the Sechzehners. Right way he is instead of a Penalty, just a free kick.
And then, is probably the most VAR-setting of the Evening comes: the 70. Minute, Alvaro Morata, the supposed 1:0 for Atletico. Again, the video wizard appears. And again he is right: Morata and Giorgio Chiellini pushes in the back, before he meets with the head.
Morata joins his opponent in the back, the gate of the striker from Atlético will be withdrawn. (Images: SRF)
Not to imagine what would have been going on in Turin, had not introduced the Uefa the VAR in advance to the eighth finals of the Champions League. Now no conspiracy theories need to be rolled. For that, Juve can focus on how the 0:2 behind in the return game caught up. (fra)
Created: 21.02.2019, 09:37 PM