Miguel Angel Gil gave voice to all the indignation that exists in Atlético after feel disadvantaged in their duels against Real Madrid and Barcelonafocusing especially on the rectification of the expulsion of Gerard Martin after the intervention of the VAR: “When we see the images and listen to the audios shared by the Federation, the only thing left to do is feel ashamed. It is not possible for them to let us listen to their comments, completely contrary to what the correct functioning of the VAR should be, and nothing happens. Referees have the same right to make mistakes as players, coaches and leaders, but errors in the game are just that, errors. Another thing is that a referee from the VAR predisposes the principal when he is judging an action,” he explained.
Audio from the VAR about the no red for Gerard Martín: “The player plays the ball normally”
“The field referee must have the responsibility and make decisions interpreting each person’s intention. The VAR should only intervene to correct uninterpretable errorsnot to decide instead of the main referee,” he added.
Likewise, he emphasized the different criteria applied to equal plays: “It is not normal that in the same plays different decisions are made, the criteria are changed and we do not know what to expect. It has happened to us in the last two days. “It doesn’t make sense,” he declared.
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A contradiction that increases anger
Finally, he alluded to the example that the CTA had set after a Betis-Rayo match to explain that in that play a red card should have been shown: “And the worst of all is that the CTA itself explains a play a few days ago, ensuring that it should have been resolved by showing a red card and yesterday in an identical play the referee made the correct decision and the VAR led him into error by exceeding its functions.those that have been explained to players, coaches and managers and that unfortunately are not fulfilled,” he concluded.