Palmeiras x Atlético-MG: VAR analysis validates the decision not to score a penalty for Galo; See bid | soccer

Atlético-MG had an officiating problem in Libertadores’ elimination match to Palmeiras. Gallo complained about a penalty kick taken by Gabriel Menino in the second half, after the ball hit the left arm of a Palmeiras player. Argentine referee Fernando Rapallini didn’t even look at the display in the video and got a decision that was validated by CONMEBOL’s VAR analysis.

– In the 69th minute of the match, the Palmeiras defender removes the ball with his head and it slides into the arm of the team. The referee, who correctly understands the context of the action, where the ball comes from a team-mate, comes out of the penalty area, understands that it is an unworkable hand, and sees that it is not a deliberate movement – quotes the account given by Conmebol.

The video shows that on the 24th of the second half, Maiky tried to keep the ball out of the penalty area, but it hit Gabriel Menino’s left arm. In the audio recording released by VAR, the referee and the VAR team already immediately recognized that the header came from a teammate of Gabriel Menino, but check if there was a deliberate movement by a Palmeiras player to touch the ball.

Quickly, VAR realizes that there is an “extra gesture” from Menino on display and passes on to Rapallini that “everything is checked” and that there is no foul play.

“You are in a normal position for me,” the video referee noted.

The display prompted a complaint from coach Luiz Felipe Scolari at the press conference, as well as from the striker. the structureAt the end of the game. According to the striker, he understood the decision according to the rule, but suspected that Gabriel Menino’s arm had stolen the ball away.

– The referee said that it was the defender who hit the header and grabbed his partner’s arm, so it’s not a penalty kick. I said well, according to the rule, it wouldn’t be, but he (Gabriel Menino) ended up taking the ball wide. You spoke softly, it was kind of skeptical, but keep your head up

The match was tied 0 to 0. After winning 1-0, in Mineirão, in the first leg, Palmeiras secured a place in the next Libertadores to face Deportivo Pereira from Colombia.