👀 Spanish paper flags VAR scandal in Flamengo's Libertadores win | OneFootball

Flamengo’s 2-0 win over Cusco in Peru, in the opening round of the Libertadores group stage, made international headlines. Spanish newspaper AS harshly criticized the performance of the Paraguayan officiating crew, led by Derlis López on the field and Fernando López on VAR, calling the decisions a “VAR scandal.”

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The Spanish outlet highlighted two crucial plays that would have favored the Rubro-Negro side:

Red card that was ‘forgiven’?

With the score still 0-0, Flamengo forward Gonzalo Plata stepped on an opponent’s ankle.

Both the on-field referee and VAR chose not to issue a red card. Shortly afterward, Flamengo opened the scoring through Bruno Henrique.

Cusco goal disallowed

In the 20th minute of the second half, the Peruvian side managed to equalize through Ruidías.

However, after a lengthy review, VAR flagged a “marginal” offside by Manzaneda at the start of the play.

According to AS, “the offside, when VAR drew the lines, was never clearly visible,” and the forward appeared to be level with the last defender.

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