Refereeing Expert: a Refereeing Scandal over Romero Not Being Sent Off
VAR overturned an initial yellow for Jude Bellingham after replay showed Cristian Romero’s studs on the knee, fueling debate over a red card.
- On Sunday, referee Ortiz Arias reversed a yellow card decision in the Madrid derby after a VAR review, initially booking Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham before penalizing Atletico's Cristian Romero instead.
- Tensions were high during Sunday's derby as Real Madrid and Atletico players traded hard tackles, with the incident occurring when Romero and Bellingham challenged for a loose ball, leaving the Englishman on the ground after being trodden on by the Argentine.
- Former Spanish referee Iturralde Gonzalez criticized the decision, arguing the challenge deserved a red card: "He tried to reach the ball, and this requires a red card. He planted his foot firmly and did not pull it back," he said.
- The controversial call left viewers divided, with some fans supporting the intervention while others questioned why Romero avoided a red card during a first half defined by protests and hard tackles throughout the 45 minutes.
- Refereeing controversies persisted throughout the first half, including a missed booking for Kang-in Lee's challenge on Federico Valverde and a 35th-minute booking for Pubill after he halted a Kylian Mbappe counter-attack.
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In the context of a heated derby between the Atlético and the Real, the Argentine and the British argued on multiple occasions. The play that revised the VAR that almost ended in red for the albiceleste defender
Ortiz Arias initially admonished the English midfielder, but reviewed the action and ended up admonishing the Argentine central of Atlético for confusi...
Refereeing expert: a refereeing scandal over Romero not being sent off
The events of the Madrid derby between Real Madrid and Atletico, in the seventh round of the Spanish league, flared up during the first half, after the encounter witnessed a series of hard challenges and protests.
In the final stage of the first half Real Madrid asked for expulsion for the Argentine player.
The central was the title of the Colchonero’s victory in the derbi, but it ran from the red one by a hard entrance at the hottest moment of the game. The post “Stop crying”: the crossing between Cuti Romero and Jude Bellingham in the victory of the Atlético appeared first on El Intranssigente: Latest news from Argentina and the world in real time.
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