The mistake of Herrera and the VAR that sparked the controversy between River Plate against Lanús

lanus y River Plate They staged the most attractive match this Saturday in the Professional League. Both needed to add a victory to continue in the top positions and the match had a great controversy, which was crucial in the process of the duel played in the Ciudad de Lanús Stadium – Néstor Díaz Pérez.

After the goal of Jose Paradela 25 minutes into the initial stage, the Millionaire continued to show cracks in the passing game of the Garnet, who arrived at equality through the same path. At 14 of the complement, Christian Motto capitalized on a center sent from the left wing of the attack to match the actions in the On. However, the local celebration had to be put on hold because technology entered the scene to analyze a offside by José Canale.

Faced with the angry complaints of both coaches, Darío Herrera was called by Leandro Rey Hilfer, in charge of VAR, so that the main judge could judge if the defender intervened indirectly to annoy Leandro González Pirez or hinder Franco Armani’s outlook. The situation lasted for seven minutes under the watchful eye of an incredulous Frank Kudelkawhich contested the reasons for the original review.

Herrera He watched the play countless times and concluded that it was offside of Canale, but this was a mistake, since the position of the defender It did not affect González Pires, who could not do anything against that header, nor Armani, who did not have his vision covered. This mistake led to the annulment of a legal goal, which meant the draw of a very even match.

Moments later, Kudelka He left expelled after giving a verbal attack to one of the members of the arbitration quartet.

Until this day, the owner of the house arrived as one of the leaders of the championship, but had just fallen on the last date against Racing. The River Plate team matched the line of their opponent after defining the process with Lucas Beltrán’s goal 3 minutes from the regulation 90. At the time of addition, the discount of frank orozcobut the move was invalidated due to Franco Troyansky being offside prior to the completion of the advance.

After the engagement, Armani He was the only protagonist who referred to the first disallowed goal and left his perspective in conversation with ESPN Premium: “I haven’t seen the images yet, but if he went to see the play in VAR, it’s because he was ahead. Canale blocks González Pirez”.

For his part, Martin Demichelis He referred to that play in a press conference: “From the position I have, it is difficult to tell you anything with certainty because it was far from that arc and it took a long time with the VAR, but they took the time to review it. You will never listen to me, for better or for worse, talk about an arbitration decision.

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