He VAR continues to surprise day after day. For the worse. Pizarro Gomez He decided to become the first referee to request a review of a possible expulsion for combing. went to Vedat Muriqi, inside Las Palmas-Mallorca. The match referee, Muñiz Ruiz, decided to give the Kosovar a straight red card for something never seen before, but what he did next was surprising. He considered that Jaime Mata had already provoked the Mallorca striker, which led him to take an indirect free kick against Las Palmas, which resulted in the third goal of the Vermillions.
A most surreal action, since never before had an action been called for review for something that was not a clear offense like attacks, hard tackles or fouls being the last defender. NOW, Pizarro Gomez decided to pull out of his sleeve a possible expulsion for a comb that Muniz Ruiz agreed to get involved.
Everything happened, logically, without us being able to see it on television. On a corner in favor of Mallorca, Muriqi he forgave the goal and Jaime Mata He celebrated it to his face as if it was a Las Palmas goal. The Kosovar attacker’s response was to brush him off. The game continued and suddenly the referee was called for an alleged “penalty under review”, as the label indicates. But no.
It turns out that Pizarro Gómez, from VAR, understood that this action of Muriqi for which, according to him, he should be expelled, constituted a clear and manifest error on the part of his partner Muniz Ruiz. He sent the monitor to review the action and, to everyone’s surprise, expelled Muriqi.
VEDAT MURIQI EXPELLED FOR MAKING A COMB! 🟥
The red that the attacker saw @RCD_Majorca after his fight with Jaime Mata #LALIGAenDAZN ⚽ pic.twitter.com/FfNgC5e3Oq
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The attacker of Majorca I couldn’t believe what had just happened. But those who would be most surprised were the players of the UD Las Palmas. After overcoming a 0-2 deficit and leveling the match, what the referee called, after Muriqi’s expulsion, was an indirect free kick. He considered Mata’s provocation worth it. To make matters worse, it was taken in an area that was not the one Mata occupied at that time.
Mojica He was responsible for throwing it and scoring the third goal of the match. Majorca, it went from one down to a 2-3 victory in less than a minute. They added 10 minutes, as it all happened in the 87th minute and the vermilion team had since defended with one less than the result. They ended up getting the victory, but it was the least they could do.
What is truly scandalous is what happened with the refereeing team. Both of VAR, with Pizarro Gomez as the protagonist, as well as from the playing field, with Muñiz Ruiz, They became the main protagonists of the match, with unprecedented decisions that clearly conditioned the match and the result.
The regulations state that one of the reasons a player can be sent off is for an offensive or humiliating action. However, it has never happened that VAR comes to value this type of actions. An action which meant an indirect free kick for a theoretically disadvantaged team, like Mallorca. They will have to explain it Medina Cantalejo and yours.
