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As is often the case, Real Madrid came back from the dead. Led by Valencia until the 85th minute yesterday at Mestalla, the Merengues finally won 2-1, as part of the 12th day to catch up. A victory to be credited to Luka Modric and Jude Bellingham, scorers at the very end of the match. The fact remains that the refereeing of the match sparked heated controversy in the Spanish press. Vinicius was, for example, sent off for a gesture of humor against Dimitrievski (Real Madrid will appeal), initially thinking of benefiting from a penalty, while Bellingham was not allowed a second chance on his, although the opposing goalkeeper had no foot on the line at the time of his shot.
In COPE Game TimeMateu Lahoz, pointed out the refereeing of this meeting, and in particular the episode of the expulsion of Vini’: “the VAR was not there for that (the gesture of Vinicius, which the referee had not seen live). We’ve talked about it a thousand times. And the most incredible thing, for this to be considered violent behavior, there must be excessive force in the gesture”. Former referee Iturralde Gonzalez felt that there was a “ditch» and a “inconsistency” between the content of the referee’s report after the match, and the content of his exchanges with the VAR during the match.
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