The former Argentine referee questioned judge Wilton Sampaio’s decision not to award a supposed penalty in favor of Uruguay at the end of the match which could have meant a draw.
Ecuador ended up celebrating in the last match against Uruguay (2-1) in the second round of the Qualifiers. Of course, at the end of the match there was a controversial play that could have meant a penalty in favor of Marcelo Bielsa’s team, which, after reviewing the VAR, ruled out the option.
However, not everyone was happy with this decision. One of them was the Argentine referee Javier Castrilli. Via his Twitter account, he commented: “Incredible penalty from Galíndez on the Uruguayan striker on the last play of the match. Sampaio, true to his style, ended it by crossing himself… perhaps apologizing to the Lord. The name in the VAR will have done the same. Legal security Conmebol 2023 “, he began by emphasizing in his messages.
Then, in another publication, he adds: “It is difficult to understand how Sampaio does not sanction this penalty in the last play of the match, finishing the match in a hurry so as not to leave time for VAR. Amazing.”
And if that wasn’t enough, he also reacted to another situation that arose during the next play. “DOUBLE PENALTY!!! After the penalty committed by Galíndez, there was Rodriguez’s penalty on Pellistri!!! TREMENDOUS!!! “, he stressed.
He also spoke about the regulation, emphasizing that “regarding those who argue that going to play the ball allows you to overtake the opponent… read Regulation 2023/2024 (page 105) It never appears that it must be intentional to sanction and he talks about recklessness… goalkeeper Galíndez is not justified… it was a penalty.
The explanation of VAR
As the hours passed, Conmebol published a video with the play in question and the central referee’s explanation for rejecting a penalty.
“The goalkeeper defends the ball then hits his face with his arms. The goalkeeper defends then accidentally hits his arm . For me, it’s completely accidental. The goalkeeper defends then his arm touches the defender,” analyzed Daniel Nobre, who headed the VAR.
His teammate Igor Benevenuto reaffirms what was said with another sentence: “he has no way of seeing, he defends then crashes”.
Finally, he sums up Sampaio: “It’s verified. Goalkeeper ball, the goalkeeper defends the ball and through this movement he collides with the faces of the attacking player who headed the ball. Accidentally, totally accidental “.
New reaction
Once the information from the audio revealed by the video refereeing was known, Castrilli returned to the fray. “La Conmebol declared that Galíndez’s blow to Torres was ‘accidental’ and the product of a ‘game’…AND THE rash one??? What does the regulation say???? THEY UNDERESTIMATE OUR INTELLIGENCE…!!! DONKEYS.”
“It would be necessary to explain to the brains of Conmebol that the Rules of the Game penalize carelessness. It is RACESSNESS that causes accidents. To say ACCIDENTAL is already to say that there was something that should have been different from what happened: that the goalkeeper should have avoided these movements. “he added.
“CONMEBOL DOES NOT LEGISLATE and must comply with the rules. Conmebol claims that Galíndez’s blow was accidental. The Rules do not judge intentionality but rather recklessness. Trying to play the ball does not allow you to touch your opponent. . IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO BELIEVE THIS,” he added in another message.
Finally, he argued that “The audio broadcast by Conmebol justifying referee Sampaio for not sanctioning the penalty committed by Galíndez is a lack of respect for specialized journalism. They take them for idiots “, hill.
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