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United players complain (Reuters)
Manchester United is hosting Real Sociedad this evening (Thursday) as part of the opening round of the group stage in the Europa League and in the 56th minute a penalty was whistled for their duty, after the ball splashed off Lisandro Martinez’s body and hit his hand in the box. Bryce Mendez converted the penalty kick to 0:1 and England was furious.
“A shocking decision”, it was written in the kingdom about the selection of the VAR referees to confirm the whistle. “Martinez blocked the kick with his hand, but only because the ball bounced off his knee first. The VAR definitely should have intervened, but the penalty was upheld. There is no doubt that there will be a lot of debate about this decision,” the Daily Mail wrote.
The Red Devils came into the game with a streak of 18 unbeaten home games in the Europa League (14 wins and 4 draws). In addition, the Basque side have never beaten an English opponent in a European fixture, scoring just once in six games until tonight. However, in the last game, it ended in a 0:0 against the same United.
