2024-07-05 23:15:05
Faced with these facts, Conmebol ended up recognizing that the refereeing body made a mistake by not expelling the Canadian player.
The Chilean National Team said goodbye to Copa América 2024 after drawing goalless with Canada in a match marked by the Discreet refereeing by Wilmar Roldán and the VAR, who did not want to sanction a treacherous elbow against Rodrigo Echeverría.
In the face of this controversy, Conmebol released the VAR audios, where Roldán and those in charge of reviewing the cameras talk about this episode, completely ruling out any type of aggressionassuring that the blow against the Chilean midfielder “was not intended to hit.”
“One fell,” they declared from the VAR, adding “let it run. Nothing, nothing.”
For its part, The fourth official indicated that the elbow “was not intended to hit”, to which Wilmar Roldán pointed out that “he just put his arm there”.
Faced with these facts, Conmebol ended up recognizing that the refereeing body made a mistake by not expelling the Canadian player.
“In the 4th minute, during a corner kick restart, with the ball not in play, an attacker in white (Canada) hits the player in red and blue (Chile) in the face with his elbow, which is considered violent conduct and, therefore, a red card,” the organization said.
Along these lines, they questioned that “the referee does not take any disciplinary action in response to this action. The VAR, in its protocol check, using angles and speeds, fails to identify the violent conduct and incorrectly confirms the on-field decision.”