River Plate and Vélez faced each other for Libertadores last Wednesday, 6th, but VAR was the protagonist and Roberto Tobar tried to explain the controversy; check out!
River Plate and VelezSarsfield faced each other last Wednesday, 7, for the round of 16 of the Liberators, and the Millionaires said goodbye to the competition. With the defeat of 1 to 0 in the first game, the return, that was carried through in the Nuñez Monumentthe team led by Marcelo Gallardo was 0-0, but had a goal disallowed in a controversial way. At VAR, there were two Brazilian referees and Roberto Tobar, field judge for the match, spoke on the subject.
In a message to ESPN’s Mariano Closs, the head referee of the match tried to explain his choice to disallow River Plate’s goal against Vélez Sarsfield. In audio released by “Conmebol”, Roberto Tobar came up with some doubt regarding the annulment of the goal. Even so, Rafael Traci and Bráulio Machado, who were in VAR, continued to believe that there was a hand touch in the play that resulted in the ball in Suárez’s net.
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After reviewing the images several times, I notice a contact that doesn’t make me feel safe to unsubscribe”, he stated.
“At that moment I felt that it was important to have another evaluation from a member of my field colleagues, for which I call Claudio Ríos (assistant 2) so that he can also check and give me his opinion, free from any communication I had with the VAR . Claudio agreed that, after Suárez’s header, the ball slid down his forearm into the goal.“, he added.
Check out the content of the audios released by Conmebol in the game between River Plate and Vélez Sarsfield!
“Tobar: Come on, I’m here, I’m here. VAR: I’m saying goodbye. VAR: Pause there, point of contact. Released. VAR: This point of contact. Tobar: Come on, let her run, let her run. VAR: Change the address, paste and change it here. Tobar: Give me another angle, give me another angle. VAR: That. further back. Tobar: Let’s see, again. another angle”, started the conversation.
“Tobar: For me it’s a goal. VAR: At the beginning it touches the elbow. VAR: Behind, there’s a change of direction. Tobar: For me it’s a goal. Come on, let’s see it again. VAR: Okay, pause, go. VAR: There’s a change of address. Tobar: Give me another one, there. VAR: That I think is the best picture. There’s been a change of address. VAR: Head and the ball changes”, continued.
RIVER’s goal ruled out against Matías Suárez:
The audio of the VAR review, where the referee says several times “for me it’s a goal” and “it doesn’t seem to me (mano)”.pic.twitter.com/zsd4wp7Dw3— GolesEnRIVER ⚪❤⚪ (@GolesEnRIVER) July 7, 2022
“Tobar: Let’s see? Go ahead. I don’t think so, to see her again. VAR: Hit the hand. The forward heads his own open arm and then scores a goal. Tobar: Let’s see, give me another . Dale, this (plays) in reverse. Another one more. VAR: Calm down, let’s show it again. VAR: Calm down, don’t rush”, followed the dialogue.
“VAR: Watch how the attacker heads and hits the arm and changes direction. Assistant: Okay, let’s see, wave. Hold it a little. VAR: Point of contact, there it is. Assistant: Okay, you head and the point contact is on the biceps, right? VAR: Yes, perfect. Assistant: Let her continue. Assistant: Let her continue and pull her with your hand, your arm. finished.
Source: sportbuzz
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