Huge controversy in Spain: VAR under fire 🥶 | OneFootball

How is this possible?

This Saturday, a new refereeing controversy shakes La Liga. Temporarily second in La Liga, Villarreal hosted Rayo Vallecano as part of the 11th matchday of the championship.

While the Yellow Submarine could count on a very beautiful goal by Gerard Moreno to open the score in the 22nd minute of play, this goal probably should never have been validated by VAR.

During the verification of the attacker's position at the moment of the decisive pass, the semi-automatic offside system showed the wrong image to the assistant referees. This image was from about ten seconds before the decisive action.

In reality, the players' positions were totally different at the moment of the action, and Gerard Moreno was probably offside.

A probable error with significant consequences, given that after this opening goal, Rayo Vallecano collapsed and lost 4-0.

We now have to wait for La Liga's analysis of this contentious situation.

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