Just a few millimeters determined by the lines drawn from the VAR They gave referee Andrés Matonte confirmation that His decision to concede Lautaro Martínez’s goal was correctin ’88, which gave the victory to Argentina over Chile.
The decision, which came at the end of the match on the second day of Group A of the Copa America 2024has caused great controversy in Chile, and was produced after three minutes of deliberations because of how tight everything was.
The play started from a corner kick taken by Leo Messi, the ball hit Lisandro Martínez’s back and, almost on the goal line, Giovanni Lo Celso tried a shot on the turn that bounced off Claudio Bravo. The ball reached Lautaro, who put it into the goal.
It is then when the assistant referee draws attention to a Possible offside by Lo Celso. “Listen to me Pablo (Llarena, fifth referee), I have a fine situation as player number 16, the one who it bounces back, for me it is enabled“.
The VAR then makes a detailed study of the images, while the referee explains to the players that a possible offside-It’s very thin that’s why they’re going to throw lines, I don’t know the specific player,” he points out.
VAR (Ecuadorian Carlos Orbe): “We are going to put the goalkeeper with the forward. The one in red would be the last, the goalkeeper the penultimate. Perfect, there it is. It is on the goalkeeper’s hip and it is on the player in white, give it play, there.”
AVAR (Ecuadorian Christian Lescano): “It is enabled there“.
VAR: “There are the two lines. Let us continue step by step. I confirm decision. Goal confirmed.”
With the victory, Lionel Scaloni’s team achieved early passage to the quarterfinalswhile Chile will play for the pass in the match on the last day, against Canada.
