With Benzema's last-minute kill, Real Madrid beat Sevilla. Cuadra Fernandez, who served as referee in this campaign, made several controversial decisions, and after he cancelled Vinicius' goal, the Brazilian even told his teammates that "he is crazy". So, is Fernandez crazy?
Is the referee crazy?
In the 74th minute of the match, Vinicius stopped the ball on the left side of the penalty area and swept the ball into the goal. However, the referee held that Vinicius had a handball first and ruled that the penalty was invalid.
The referee's decision made Vinicius very dissatisfied, and he first protested to the referee, "Chest! chest! ”。 However, the Brazilian winger pointed to his temple while saying to Kroos, "He's crazy!" He's crazy! ”
Later, Vinicius explained to Haldane, "This is not handball, this is not handball!" Desperate Brazilians even shouted at Ancelotti, "This is not handball!" Ancelotti later confirmed the conversation between the two, "he told me that it wasn't a handball, it hit him in the chest. ”
Real Madrid legendary goalkeeper Bhujö even questioned Fernandez's refereeing qualifications, "Is he an international referee?" What a shame. "It was indeed a highly controversial decision, with a Survey by Marca showing that 88 per cent of fans believed that the penalty should not be invalidated.
Former La Liga referee Itulard believes that VAR should not intervene in the decision, "This is a decision that does not require the intervention of the video assistant referee, and VAR can only intervene when there is a clear and clear error." However, we see that the referee thinks it is a chest touch, while the video assistant referee thinks it is a handball, which is difficult to explain. From a slow motion point of view, I think it's a shoulder touch, so it should be a goal. ”
Should Kamawinga receive a red card?
In addition to Vinicius' goal being blown away, Fernandez's other two penalties have also sparked controversy. In the 17th minute of the match, Diego Carlos handballed while scrambling for a header.
Itulard analyzed, "I think his handball is very clear, it's a penalty. Not because he was hit in the hand by the ball, but because he raised his hand. If you look at valencia's penalty against Osasuna yesterday, carlos' handball should also be awarded a penalty. ”
However, former La Liga referee Brewer had a different view, "The goalkeeper tried to save, only to collide with his teammates, and the ball then hit Carlos's arm, but the latter did not deliberately touch the ball." The referee was right not to award a penalty. ”
Itulard later explained, "It's a penalty, one of the basic conditions is that the arm is above the shoulder, and after the goalkeeper gets out of hand, Carlos's hand is lifted over the shoulder. Lifting the handle so high and touching the ball should have been awarded a penalty. ”
In the 39th minute of the match, Camaringa shoveled Martial behind his back, but the referee did not show Camaringa a second yellow card, which made Sevilla very unhappy. Brewer noted, "I think the worse moves should be shown a red card, this is not a must-score opportunity, the referee is right not to show a red card." ”
However, Iturard had a different view, "I think the referee should show him a second yellow card. However, as the referee stood behind them and did not see the foul, it was believed that Kamawinga had touched the ball. ”
After the game, after repeated questions from reporters, Lopetegui criticized the referee, "The referee's decision should be analyzed by the media, I don't want to talk about the referee, because I will regret it." The second yellow card was obvious, he may not have seen it, but he had a lot of helpers. It is clear that Real Madrid should have only 10 players at the start of the second half. ”
After analyzing these three decisions, we may be able to conclude that the referee is obviously not "crazy", but his three decisions may be wrong, and the video assistant referee is not helping him enough, so that Real Madrid and Sevilla are dissatisfied with his decision.