Luis Suárez yellow card? Itturalde González on Sporting incident | OneFootball

Unlike Pedro Henriques, Iturralde González approves João Pinheiro's decision to show a yellow card to Luis Suárez after a simulation, where the Sporting forward himself admitted it was not a penalty and after the VAR review.

"It's a very curious play and I'll explain why. First, it's an indirect free kick and a caution to Suárez for simulating a foul, it seems to me a very good decision by the referee, who is well assisted by the VAR", can be read in his exclusive statements to the newspaper Record.

The former international referee explains why the yellow card was well shown. "In this type of action, what the forward does is try to "draw" a penalty by leaving the leg on the ground, dragging it to make contact with the goalkeeper and thus appear more like a penalty. In this action, the forward jumps over André Gomes and then throws himself. This situation is very rare and is the most difficult play for a referee, because you don't know if the goalkeeper gets there first or if the forward touches the ball first. But in this case, and it's the curious part of the topic, the forward jumps and then throws himself. We won't see this play many more times, but the VAR and the referee did well", he stated.

Despite his opinion, other experts do not understand João Pinheiro's decision, such as Jorge Faustino. "Suárez ended up losing balance on his own while avoiding the goalkeeper (without simulation: wrong on the yellow). Penalty well overturned", he says, adding that it was a "situation where sensitivity was lacking when Suárez had an act of fair play".

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