VAR in the spotlight again: Gandolfi’s criticism after the controversial penalty for Defense

The VAR was once again the protagonist on a new date for Argentine football. Technology was again in the spotlight then of the controversial criminal Fernando Rapallini charged for Defense and Justice in the 1-1 draw against Talleres. About the end of the first half, with T 1-0 up, Uvita Fernández turned in the area, dived before Juan Rodríguez’s mark and Fernando Rapallini (well positioned) took an unusual penalty.

The worst thing was that the VAR (managed by Diego Abal and Javier Uziga) He never called the match referee to review the play and the striker himself scored 1-1. And it was precisely the decision of those in charge of managing the technology which generated discontent Javier Gandolfi, who pointed out this topic in a conference after the game. In fact, the DT of Talleres even took responsibility away from Rapallini.

“I always say that I don’t like to talk about the referees’ decisions. The referee has thousandths of seconds to collect. This is what Fernando saw. I talked to him and everything is fine. The subject goes through the VAR, which is a tool that must be well used. This is over and over. It’s the only thing I’m going to say about the arbitration issue.”

Along the same lines, he closed: “We have the live on the bench and it is seen that Fernández is not touched, but I repeat, the referee took what he saw and from above they told him that his decision was correct. That’s it”.

“They are a shame”was heard from the Talleres bench, which exploded after the referee’s controversial decision and which even ended with Gustavo Irusta (Javier Gandolfi’s assistant) expelled. Caliente.