The refereeing controversies that marked the duel between Chile and Argentina in the Copa América 2024 went around the world. One Spaniard was especially outraged.
By Javiera Garcia L.
Updated on 06/26/2024 – 12:30 pm CLT
Updated on 06/26/2024 – 12:30 pm CLT
No one was immune to the controversies of the match between Chile and Argentina in the Copa America 2024. The untaken penalty, Rodrigo de Paul’s foul on Gabriel Suazo and the controversial VAR review of the goal were the most commented actions of the arbitration led by Andres Matonte.
The criticism was not only heard in Chile. In the rest of Latin America and even in the United States, they were surprised by the arbitration decisions. And in Europe too. This is how a Spaniard went viral with a thread on Twitter “with all the robberies from Argentina to Chile.”
“For those who didn’t see it: Chile played against Argentina and against the system, losing by a goal in ’88’,” begins the publication with almost four million views. First he targeted Rodrigo de Paul. “He steps on him to hurt him. In what world is this not red?”, download.
Then he refers to the play where Cristián Romero hit Víctor Dávila in the area. Even though the Chilean soccer player remained on the floor for several minutes, the VAR did not call Matonte to review the play. “Here is a penalty not called for Chile,” the thread continues.
The slap that Víctor Dávila received in the face did not motivate the VAR call | Getty Images
“Chile did everything possible, but they didn’t let him”
In addition, the Spaniard compared the blow to Víctor Dávila with the penalty that Argentina was charged against Poland in Qatar 2022, where a brush by goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny against Lionel Messi was punished. “The difference that one is in favor of Argentina and another against,” shot the streamer.
In closing, he published the image of the controversial VAR review of Lautaro Martínez’s goal almost at the last minute. “Chile did everything possible to come back, but they didn’t let them. “They painted this offside (my two-year-old cousin makes more parallel lines than those),” he noted.
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