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The big controversy at Racing Boca: Rapalini's clear penalty kick by Jonathan Gomez after the VAR call

The big controversy at Racing Boca: Rapalini’s clear penalty kick by Jonathan Gomez after the VAR call

Racing Club and Boca Juniors starred in one of the best matches in the history of the 13th professional league. They tied from 0 to 0but Avellaneda’s contested classic was really exciting, with the first half in which the Academy was superior and complementary, especially at the end, where Xeneize could have been left with the three points.

In this context, the ruling Fernando Rapallini It was decisive because he committed A serious mistake by not punishing Boca Juniors with a clear penalty by Jonathan GomezWith the match almost over. Although he got a call from VAR and went to watch the play, the judge dismissed the tech’s warning and opted to end the match.

In the iteration, we see a volunteer hand by Jonathan Gomez, who threw himself with Sebastian Villa in search of the ball. When the Racing Club football player falls to the ground, this can be considered normal, but then the football player makes an unnatural movement and catches the ball with his left palm. By working it should have been considered a manual infraction.

In these cases, one wonders what Fernando Rapallini could have seen to avoid taking the penalty kick. What I see is that the referee didn’t want to be guilty of fixing the match, because it was the last match of the match. Obviously, if the VAR called her, it’s because she considers it not a normal hand, but she doesn’t even call it a hand.

Of course, the one who appreciates it is Rapallini, but no one will call him if he does not consider the last-minute handball to be a penalty foul. The VAR was in charge of Fernando Espinosa (and Andres Merlos as an assistant), two international referees who received the same instructions on when and how infractions should be considered.

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