There were two penalties that were scored in the first half of the Liga MX final, however, the VAR only marked an infraction in favor of the red and black, while that of the Tuzos was not considered
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There were two controversial penalties in which the VAR intervened in the Pachuca vs Atlas final (Photo: REUTERS/Henry Romero)
The final of the Clausura 2022 of the Liga MX between Pachuca and < b>Atlas unleashed another chapter in the controversy of the Mexican arbitrationsince during the first half a penalty was not awarded that could have favored the Tuzos squad. Around minute 20Erik Sánchez was fouled by Anderson Santamaría inside the small area.
In the first instance, the player from the Tuzos was lying on the grass and the play was allowed to run, but shortly after Fernando Hernández Gómez b>, the match’s central referee, stopped the game as he was called by the VAR to review the play. That decision gave way to the thought that he would score a penalty for the local squad, but it was not so.
In social networks, a debate began about the decision made by the whistleblower, because in addition to losing more than five minutes in reviewing the play, he did not evaluate the play that could have been a penalty< /b>, but it nullified that possibility since before it there was an offside that he didn’t score, so the option of a penalty was undone.
Chacón criticized the arbitration work of the FMF in the final (Photo: Twitter/@ pacochaconmx)
Sports analysts, as well as fans, quickly criticized the arbitrary commission of Liga MX and the criticism began to go viral. It was Francisco Chacón, former Liga MX referee, who exploded against theMexican Football Federation (FMF) and mainly against Arturo Brizio, President of the FMF Referees Commission.
Through his official Twitter account, Chacón was encouraged to request the resignation of the former arbitrator due to the results of the arbitration Mexican throughout Clausura 2022, not only in the Mexican final, but for all the occasions in which the VAR became the protagonist of the sanctions.
“It pains me to say it but what just happened is incredible, Romario Ibarra never plays the ball to give a pass, after this Arturo Brizio must resign, what a shame for the Mexican arbitration. It is a disgrace to arbitration,” he wrote.
Martinoli was upset with the VAR and the arbitration due to communication failures (Photo: Twitter/@martinolimx)
And it was not only he who questioned the quality of the arbitration of the Liga MX final, since David Faitelson, a commentator for ESPN, was also bothered by the penalty that was scored in favor of Atlas and that he surpassed them on the scoreboard. In that play, a hand was decreed because the ball hit Daniel Alonso Aceves, so the VAR intervened again and marked the maximum penalty in favor of the people from Guadalajara.
“There is a hand. It’s a penalty… This referee does not exist. VAR does everything … ”, was what Faitelson wrote on his Twitter profile.
José Ramón Fernándezhe also joined the discussion and briefly shared his thoughts on what happened during the first 45 of the lap final. “The first half ends in Pachuca, which wins by 2 goals to 1. Game managed by VAR,” wrote Joserra on his official Twitter profile.
Faitelson shocked the Mexican arbitration for relying on VAR during the Pachuca vs Atlas final (Photo: Twitter/@Faitelson_ESPN)
Shortly before restarting the complementary part, the arbitration once again stole the spotlight from the final Well, despite the fact that both teams were ready to start the second half, they had to delay the game a few minutes due to communication problems between the main whistle and the VAR.
And it is that one of the determinations of the Liga MX regulations is that the match cannot be continued if there is no direct communication between in video arbitration and the person in charge of calling the game; During the narration of Marca Claro, the organization of the Liga MX was also questioned since that technical failure could have been prevented, since since it was the final they had to be equipped.
Faced with this action, Christian Martinoli published: “It is better that they do not communicate with each other”. The criticism continued throughout the second half.