US EditionAn Unusual Controversy with the Var and the Referee About the End of River
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Five minutes from the end of the one-way game between River and Palmeiras for the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores, an unusual situation occurred. It was when the VAR intervened to summon referee Jesús Valenzuela to observe a play by an alleged criminal, but the outcome was unexpected. Archer Weverton had jumped to clear with his fists a center to the visiting area and in the same action hit Gonzalo Montiel with a knee in his back, who fe…
River lost 2 to 1 to Palmeiras in the Monumental and beyond the bad first time and the feeling of improvement of the second time, the arbitration of Venezuelan Valenzuela and the role of the VAR in the defeat of River left many doubts. In the second time, before a possible penalty to Montiel for lack of the archer Weverton to Montiel, the game took six minutes to sanction nothing and admonish the goalkeeper. Why? By forward position of the champ…
Jesús Valenzuela received the call from the VAR to check a knee of Weverton over Montiel, announced that there was a violation and people celebrated it, but then clarified that before there was an offside of the defender.
The referee Jesús Valenzuela sanctioned an infringement of Weverton on Montiel, but seconds later he annulled the move by previous offside. The Millionaire went from euphoria to uneasiness in the outing of the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores.
Polemic: Why the Referee Went to the Var but Did Not Charge Criminal Charges for River vs. Palmeiras
At the end of the game, Weverton took Montiel and Valenzuela on his way to the VAR to check it out, but he didn’t end up charging. River changed his face in the second half before Palmeiras. After some first 45 minutes of notorious inferiority, the changes and people woke up to the Millionaire, who went to look for him. So, about the end there was a controversy: they called the referee for a prison to Montiel and Valenzuela checked it but didn’t…
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