real Madrid advanced to a new final of the UEFA champions league after winning by 2-1 to Bayern Munich, in a duel that was marked by a controversial play in the final minutes at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.
In the 12th minute of injury time, The “Bávaros” managed to score the tie, but the referee annulled the play before it finished due to an alleged offsidewhich unleashed the fury of the German team, since it would have meant 2-2.
Immediately, The Bayern Munich bench pointed out to the assistant judge, who did not apply the flag ‘delay’ (letting the play run until the action concludes) and thus annulled any VAR interventionsince the action was canceled before the shot that ended in a goal.
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About, Patricio Pérez, former Chilean assistant judge and referee analyst in the classics and matches of the Chilean team in ADN Deportesspoke with The Tenors of the Afternoon and examined the controversial play.
“The assistant should have had a ‘delay’ flag and the referee too. “What does that mean, that the assistant should not have raised the flag immediately, because it was too fine a move,” he began by commenting.
Likewise, he noted that: “The referee should not have charged immediately when the assistant raised it, because they killed the play. In fact, the play continues and ends in a goal.”.
“If you review the play well, the players follow the dynamics of the game, but the goalkeeper stops. “Then it is a terrible procedural technical error.”he continued.
And I add: “For me the player is enabled. What they did not do, precisely, is what is requested for the purposes of the VAR protocol: delay flag.”
