Real Madrid became the center of VAR history on Sunday as they overcame a 2-0 deficit against Almeria to take three points and take top spot in La Liga.
Los Blancos were trailing 0-2 at the Bernabéu by the visitors, who were bottom of the league, and were whistled for the entire first half.
Raji Ramazani put his side ahead 1-0 within the first minute, but Nacho was held responsible for a missed clearance and Edgar volleyed into Kepa’s top corner to cut Almeria’s lead to 2 just before half-time. I doubled it.
However, it took 12 minutes after the interval for VAR to come to the forefront, with Kaiky being penalized for a handball in the box, which many disagreed with.
Jude Bellingham scored the awarded spot-kick to get his team back into the match, and then became one of the protagonists of an incident in which some felt he had gone too easily to the turf.
Ramazzani did make a move when Sergio Arribas tried to lay off a pass that he calmly slotted past Kepa on a quick break and into the goal.
But the impact of the scorer’s hand wasn’t the whole story, so Bellingham probably could have held his ground.
The shot that would have increased Almería’s lead six minutes after Bellingham pulled one back was ruled out by VAR.
Vinicius then scored a goal to equalize, but his goal was initially canceled.
However, after the referee reviewed the incident using VAR, the equalizer was allowed to stand and history was made.
as RelevoFran Martinez Pointed out by XFormerly known as Twitter, this is the first time in a La Liga match this season that VAR has intervened three times and the referee has changed his original decision in favor of the same team. did.
Anger over what happened at the Bernabéu and especially at the persuasion of FC Barcelona swept through social media.
To infuriate them even more, another 11 minutes were added towards the death, allowing Dani Carvajal to deliver the final blow with 99 minutes remaining.
The 3-2 win handed Madrid a game against Barça’s Catalan neighbors and left them two points behind Girona at the summit.