It rains in wet weather. He Cordoba CF This week he filed an official complaint with the Technical Commission of Referees (CAT) regarding the performance of the VAR referee, José Antonio López Toca, during last Sunday’s match against Cádiz at the Nuevo Mirandilla. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back. In the green and white entity they also feel hurt for the treatment they provide referees in general to the Cordoba team when he returned to professional football five years later. Fans are angry with the referees for their controversial decisions with the Cordoba team.
He Cordobaapart from the complaints about VAR, also regrets that it is, curiously, the team that accumulates no more penalties against the category, six in total, and also the one no more evictions suffered in the first quarter of the championship, four (not counting Ania’s red card on the bench, which would be the fifth). Only Eldense equals it in terms of reds.
Without VAR at El Arcángel
There is another, more striking factor. Cordoba again VAR was not used in its stadium for the first time. In other words: VAR has not yet made its debut at El Arcángel, even though it has already played seven home games. No referee has yet visited the refereeing monitor at the Córdoba Coliseum to review an arbitration decision.
And they had a few opportunities to do so, including ones that would have gone in their favor. It is enough to cite as graphic examples the handball made in the area by a Malaga player during a match which ended with a score of 0-0. Or the two actions that ended with Adilson, against Burgos, and Albarrán, against Deportivo, with the broken nose because of an opponent’s blows. Both were absent for several weeks for this reason.
For having lifted his foot in the opposing area, Théo Zidane was sent off with a direct red card against Granada one hour into the game. The rivals who broke the noses of the green and white players were not nor reprimanded. El Arcángel’s VAR remains unprecedented, as in the previous five that the team passed through the Second B, the Second RFEF and the First Federation without this technology being used in these categories.
Penalties
The case of penalties On the other hand, it’s starting to get bloody for the Cordoba locker room. They emphasized six Maximum penalties against in just 14 games. To the one more than Second. Some very rigorous ones for which the Cordoba team would like to have the same threshold in favor. The most controversial was perhaps the last in Cadizwhere even if there had been contact, as interpreted by the VAR and the referee, it might have been necessary to assess whether it was enough to bring down the attacker. The sanctions imposed on Mati in Elche (the second of this meeting) or Marvel in Albacete.
On the contrary, Cordoba has only been reported two maximum penalties in favor. The VAR, for example, interpreted that the hand of a Malaga player in the small area did not hinder the play, it was a natural position. The opposite happened again for Marvel against Castellón in Suero’s 0-1 draw.
Interestingly, the Cordoba goalkeeper saved four of these six penalties. A figure on track to reach a record. However, three of those four clearances ultimately resulted in a goal being scored when the rebound landed in the penalty taker’s boots.
The reds
And the list doesn’t stop there. frontal collision of Cordoba with the refereeswho had the straw that broke the camel’s back with the VAR performance in Cadiz. The green and white team is also the team that has received the most expulsions in the category. Only Eldense ties him. Four players left the field due to a red card, leaving the team at a disadvantage from the start. A very heavy burden in today’s football.
They were Lapena against Burgos, Martinez against Elche, Theo Zidane against Granada and the last Jacob in Santander. There is little to complain about the direct red cards that Lapeña and Martínez considered the last defenders against their rivals.
Excluded
Lapeña, Martínez, Zidane and Jacobo received direct red cards
However, Theo’s harsh red card in Los Angeles Carmenes (who didn’t even see the rival coming from behind) contrasts with the broken noses of Adilson and Albarrán without yellow on the contrary. Referees are used to hearing everything the players say and turning a deaf ear on the pitch, but the referee had a keen ear to interpret as an insult (perhaps inconsideration) what Jacobo said to him “How bad you are!” when he was going to be replaced in the Sardinero. It was red.
To the four players, the fifth is added to the coach. Ivan Ania He saw red at Cádiz after protesting after seeing the three controversial VAR decisions against him and observing that the referee was not called to review a possible push by Adilson in the box. He was sanctioned with two penalty matches, which he will serve against Zaragoza this Saturday and in Almería on Tuesday.
