The controversy arose one day after the final between Deportes Tolima and Atlético Nacional, which left the latter with a 4-3 overall victory, as the champion of the Betplay League.
A goal by Jarlan Barrera in the last minute of the game sentenced a team from Ibagué that came to even the series (partial victory 2-0), but never managed to recover from a wasted penalty and the expulsion of the collector, Daniel Cataño.
Precisely, when analyzing, almost frame by frame, that punctual play, the discussion arose: was there an area invasion at the time of collection? should it be repeated? And the answer is yes, in light of the regulations.
“Law 14 in the execution procedure states that if at the moment of collection the defender and the attacker invade, no matter what happens, it must be repeated, that is, whether there is a goal or not. In this case, Mier covered it up and as the two players shortened the distance, it should have been repeated,” analyst José Borda explained to FUTBOLRED.
And beware that the terms here are not minor details: the repetition of that payment should have been made in advance because, as Borda explains, “the penalty is that the players shorten the distance or get ahead”, which means that at least two of them could take advantage of his position at the moment when Cataño hits the ball. It’s not area invasion, to be precise.
Now, why did that play, which was analyzed for the expulsion of the collector at the request of the VAR, not find that previous infraction? “This action is the responsibility of the referee, since the VAR can only intervene if one of those who shortens the distance interferes, that is, touches the ball and/or scores the goal,” said the analyst. Like neither Danovis Banguero nor Juan Fernando Caicedo Which means that the one who missed it was Andrés Rojas, who never realized what was happening in the Mier area.
Unfortunately, the error harmed Tolima, although it is worth saying that no one noticed on the field, no one made the claim as Nacional did for the foul on Mier that ended up in the red for Cataño, with which it will not go beyond a complaint for an error to the Arbitration Commission and nothing more… That is to say, not even crying is good anymore.
