The annulment of the goal Jonathan Tah in the extension of the duel between Germany and Paraguay opened an intense arbitration debate, although for the former referee Burrull, the VAR decision was correct.
After reviewing the images of the action, Burrull defended that there was a previous infraction against the Paraguayan goalkeeper Orlando Gil which justified the intervention of video arbitration. “It’s a block that you have to whistle,” he explained during the broadcast, arguing that the German footballer deliberately seeks contact with the goalkeeper and limits his ability to react.
The arbitration analyst especially emphasized that the action directly affects the goalkeeper’s role. “What you prevent is precisely what the goalkeeper is going to do, which is jump,” he said, emphasizing that obstruction conditions the possibility of intervening on the goal. later shot by Jonathan Tah.
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Although some of the commentators considered VAR entry debatable since it is not a “clear and manifest” error, Burrull defended that the play did meet the requirements for review. “If you look at it, you blow it, because there is a foul,” he said, insisting that the block on the goalkeeper was enough to invalidate the goal.
Finally, the referee annulled the goal and Germany was left without a goal that would have virtually placed them in the round of 16. Paraguay, for its part, resisted until the penalty shootout and ended up signing a historic classification by winning from eleven meters and eliminating one of the great favorites of the tournament on a night that is already part of the history of the Albirroja.