With two penalties scored by Benzema, Real Madrid won 2-1 away to Celta. The referee awarded Real Madrid three penalties and cancelled Celta's goal, and The World Sport described the referee's penalty as a "scandal". So, were these four key penalties made by referee Fuertes correct?
Interpret the penalty for four controversies
Let's analyze these four controversial penalties one by one. The first controversy came in the 16th minute of the match, when Militang tripped behind him when he crossed inside the penalty area. Former La Liga referee Itulard commented, "When a player tries to shoot, if you run from behind and trip him up, it's a penalty. ”
The second controversy came in the 39th minute, when Gallardo's header hit the upright and bounced back into the field, and Aspass scored. After reviewing the slow motion, the referee decided that Aspars' offside position was invalid in the lead ball.
According to The World Sports, Fernandez, who serves as a video assistant referee, believes that Aspars, who is in an offside position, interferes with Alaba's attempt to break the siege, so he believes that Aspars is offside.
Ituralder agreed that "Aspars did offside by interfering with the opponent." He didn't touch the ball, but he was offside, interfering with Alaba. The point is that it was an obvious distraction, because if there was no Aspars, then Araba could have been freed. When a defender tries to break the line, you can't interfere with the opponent. ”
The third controversy came in the 62nd minute, when Rodrigo's breakthrough inside the penalty area was tripped by Murillo and the referee awarded a penalty for the second time. Itulard commented, "It was a penalty but a yellow card should not be shown. If it is outside the restricted area, then a yellow card should be shown. ”
The fourth controversy came in the 67th minute, when Mendy collapsed to the ground after breaking into the box and making contact with Vazquez, and the referee awarded a penalty for the third time.
Iturald commented, "Nothing, Mendy threw himself out. It's not a penalty, the Real Madrid players are looking for physical contact. ”
Three consecutive away points, the first time in history
After three penalties in this campaign, Real Madrid have scored 10 penalties in La Liga this season, surpassing Valencia (8 times) to become the la Liga team with the most penalties, while Barca, Real Sociedad and Alaves are tied for third place with seven penalties.
It was the fifth time in Real Madrid's history that they had scored three penalties in a single game in La Liga and the first since the 1957-58 season. At the same time, Real Madrid also became the second team in La Liga history to score three penalties away from home and the first since Valladolid in 1966.
"The referee just wants Benzema to wear a hat"
Aspass angrily criticized the referee, "The referee almost blew another penalty to get Benzema to complete the hat-trick, and he wanted to do it." Penalties can be awarded the first two times, but the last one is not a penalty. Mendy turned and bumped into the defender, but the referee ruled it was a foul on us. ”
"As for the cancelled goal, at the time of the Thia go-to trial I noticed I was offside, but I continued to thrust forward to prevent it from hitting the goalpost. I then pushed the ball into the net to prevent me from ending up without offside. ”
"I don't have long eyes behind me, I don't know if there is a defender behind me. Later told me that if Alaba touched the ball first and passed it to me, the penalty would be valid, just like Eric Garcia's game in the Nations League. ”
Nolito also said, "We were awarded three penalties, the third was the most ridiculous. Even if we are Celta, we deserve respect. Once you've been awarded a penalty, it's hard for you to stand up, not to mention we've been awarded three penalties. ”
"We should respect the referee, but we also deserve respect. We all make mistakes, and so do the referees. But VAR should go and correct mistakes, they should help the referee. ”
The Celta boss said, "You have to be very careful when you speak, otherwise you will be punished. I haven't looked at the slow motion of the second penalty yet, but the first one is suspicious and the third is not a penalty at all. Just by looking at the slow motion, we can see that it was Mendy who kicked Vazquez. ”
"I'm not targeting referees, but they should be able to get some tools that can help. In terms of slow motion from the third penalty, the player looking for physical contact was Mendy. Such a penalty is good for Real Madrid. ”