Venezuelan Football Classic Shocks as Caracas FC Players Intentionally Miss Penalties in Protest

2024-08-23 02:59:46

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In the Venezuelan classic between Caracas FC and Deportivo Táchira there was an unusual protest and that is, after the game that went to penalties, all the players on a team missed their shots intentionally.

The match between Caracas FC and Deportivo Táchira was being played for the fifth date of the Venezuelan Football League.a game that is considered a classic in this country because of the rivalry between the two squads.

At minute 99 it was believed that everything was going to be 1-1, however, the team from the Venezuelan capital managed to score the second goal and beat their classic rival Deportivo Táchira at home.

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However, the assistant raised the flag as a sign that one of the players from the Caracas team could be wrong.

In this type of situation, the A Video Assistant Referee (VAR) can intervene so that the referee changes the decisionHowever, after a review, they decided to disallow the goal and keep the tie at 1.

During the match, Everardo Rose, the scorer of the goal, took off his shirt in the middle of the celebration, earning himself the yellow card. As he was already cautioned during the game and according to the regulations, he was sent off.

With the disagreement about the disallowed goal and one man less, Caracas went to penalties against its rival. In the case of the league in Venezuela, in the event of a tie the game is decided by shots from the penalty spot.

Everything was going normally until the start of the penalty shootout, when the team of Tachira started to score thanks, in part, to the fact that the goalkeeper Frankarlos Benítez was not standing against the shots of his rivals.

Similarly, Caracas players started taking their shots from the penalty spot without aiming at the goalmissing his shots with indifference.

In the end, Deportivo Táchira beat their classic team 3-0 at home in penalties, giving them points for the parallel competition and with the news that their opponents did not put up any resistance.