Iturralde: “Kunde is advancing on Chavarria and that’s enough to call a foul”

Today, almost no football match is without controversy. Rayo Vallecano – Barcelona were no less. The first half was fairly calm in terms of controversial games, but the second half began with a possible missed penalty against Barcelona. Soto Grado, the referee of the match, did not indicate anything, and VAR did not notify him of the need to review the game. Iturralde also understands, there is no penalty. “Dani Olmo is trying to invade where he cannot go.

“He’s the one who’s going to face him. If you show it in slow motion, it looks bigger,” the former referee says.

In the 70th minute, Barça completed the comeback with a goal from Lewandowski. Kounde picked up the ball and stepped on the instep of Chavarria, an action that the referee on the field did not notice. He needed a VAR warning, he went to the monitor and considered it a foul. Iturralde agrees in this case too, because “Kounde steps on Chavarria at the beginning of the play. “He steps on his instep a little bit and that’s enough to call a foul.”

A few seconds before stoppage time, Pathé Cissé had poor control of the ball and hit Pedri’s calf with his sticks. Soto Grado gave the Senegalese a foul and a yellow card, but Iturralde believes the card should have been red. “It’s very high and very strong. It’s a red card and VAR should inform the referee about it.”– Iturralde commented.

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