2024-09-12 12:03:26
The Argentine national team lost 2 to 1 against Colombia in it Metropolitan Stadium of Barranquilla for the date 8 of the South American QualifiersThe second goal for the Colombians came from a penal which generated a lot of controversy. What do they say? VAR audios?
At 8 minutes into the second half, with the game 1-1, Nicolas Otamendi He threw himself to sweep Daniel Muñoz in the area. The Colombian hooked the ball from outside to inside and fell when he felt the contact of the defender. Initially, referee Piero Maza did not award a penalty, but after reviewing the play at the request of the VAR, he reversed his decision.
The VAR audio of the Colombia vs Argentina penalty
“In the 53rd minute, in the penalty area of the sky blue and white team, a dispute for the ball takes place, where an attacker in yellow and red is fouled recklessly by the defender, who acts without caution by diving into the dispute, hitting the attacker’s ankle with his left foot without playing the ball.
The VAR, in its protocol check, using angles, speeds and the correct considerations, manages to identify the defender’s infringement, so they invite the referee to a review on the field. The referee, after reviewing the images on the monitor, decides to change his original decision and sanction a penalty without a card,” begins the video narration.
In the first replays, the VAR officials did not see the penalty either. But after several replays at different speeds and different angles, the VAR official and his assistant (Juan Lara and Benjamín Saravia respectively) confirmed that Otamendi hit Muñoz’s left ankle with his left leg. It was also checked that the Colombian player was not offside when he received the ball.
Maza himself went to review the play and finally decided to award a penalty. James Rodriguez He changed it for a goal and made it 2-1, a result that would be definitive.
When will the Argentine national team play again?
Within the framework of the next double date of South American Qualifiersthe Argentine national team will visit Venezuela On October 10th from 8:00 pm and then will receive Bolivia on the 15th of the same month starting at 9:00 p.m. These will be matches corresponding to dates 9 and 10 respectively.