Controversial VAR Decision Leads to Solari’s Penalty Disallowed in River Plate’s Elimination Against Inter de Porto Alegre

The VAR audio in Solari’s penalty against Inter de Porto Alegre

River Plate suffered an early elimination in the Copa Libertadores. After the 2-1 triumph in the first leg, they lost by the same result in Brazil and lost on penalties against Inter Porto Alegre. One of the most controversial plays of the night happened during the shootout from 12 steps with Pablo Solari’s goal disallowed after a double touch at the moment of hitting the ball.

In the VAR audio broadcast by Conmebol, they comply with rule number 10 and 14 of the game, which indicates “After the penalty kick: if the kicker touches the ball again before another player touches it and it will be recorded as missed ”, according to the explanation that the entity that governs the destinations of soccer in South America added to the video.

Immediately afterwards, in the report, it is established that, according to the VAR protocol, “intervention must be carried out whenever, in the concretion of a goal, a previous infraction had been committed by the pitcher and since this is a factual infraction, it will not be necessary for the referee to make a review on the field”.

In the continuity of the images that were made public, you can see the exchange of dialogues between the VAR actors after Solari’s controversial goal when the penalty shootout was 6-6 at the Beira-Rio stadium. The Uruguayan Leodan González says: “He slipped”, to which his compatriot Richard Trinidad responds: “They are demanding a double touch”, due to the attitude taken by goalkeeper Sergio Rochet and other soccer players of the Brazilian team.

Solari double-tapped his execution in the penalty shootout

“Mato, don’t resume, checking for a possible double touch, wait”, is González’s indication to the match referee Andrés Matonte. In the video, you can see how the VAR manager asks his assistants to use the “minicam” and zoom in to focus on the action of the River striker. “Yes, he plays” and “there the ball moves,” says Leodan during the continuous review of the controversial action.

“Look how his direction changes,” adds AVAR Trinidad in the conversation that defined that Solari’s goal should be annulled. “Yes, there is a double tap,” confirms González. After several reviews from various angles, whether with cameras from behind the goal, diagonally or a plane from the back of the execution, in all cases, the members of the video arbitration confirmed the inflation on the part of the performer.

“Thug, thug, there’s a double tap. OKAY. He loses a penalty”, the referee in charge of the VAR is heard saying after more than two minutes of analysis. “Yes, factual decision, right?” Adds the match judge, to which Leodan González confirms to determine that Solari’s penalty should be annulled.

The definition by penalties after the victory of Chacho Coudet’s team, which left the series with an overall result of 3-3, was captivating. He had 20 shots and even the judge had to change sides for the last few executions because the penalty area on the grass was damaged after so many attempts. It was 9-8 for the gauchos, who kept the place for the quarterfinals. Another peculiarity: the goalkeepers did not save any shot, although Sergio Rochet became the hero for the locals, since he sentenced the series in favor of the Colorados with the execution of him on the left side of the goal defended by Franco Armani.

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