The video monitors and the law shows .. Is the referee wronged in Barcelona?

Nasser Sadiq *

The Assistant Video Governance (Var) technology has sparked widespread controversy by canceling two goals for Barcelona in less than a quarter of an hour, causing it to defeat Atletico Madrid 2-3 in the Spanish Super Cup semi-finals.

After Argentine star Lionel Messi celebrated his goal in the 60th minute, he was surprised by the rule of the mouse calling for the referee of the arena Jose Luis Gonzales, who canceled the goal after reviewing the situation across the screen because of the hand touch on Messi.

The replays show that there is already a hand touch on Messi, but that his arm contributed to directing the ball and preparing it for him, and regardless of the presence of deliberate or not, it is a violation according to the text of the amendment that was entered last year and began applying it from the current season to Article 12 in the Football Law (errors) And misconduct).

The amendment stipulates that any attack on the attacker's hand results in a goal or creates a goal opportunity, and a violation is counted to prevent the controversy surrounding the attacker's hand, noting that the hand touches include all the arm starting from the shoulder joint, or everything that moves from the arm.

As for the second canceled goal scored by Gerard Pique in the 74th minute due to the presence of infiltration, it is considered to be a very accurate arbitration case that would not have accounted for infiltration except in the presence of the mouse and accurate measuring devices.

As in the past, there was a rule that considered suspicion of delicate infiltrations similar to the striker, but the mouse blew up this rule and the player might have infiltrated his nose, i.e. a few millimeters.

Here we must clarify an important point that the two arms do not interfere in the attacker's infiltration or defensive coverage by the defender, because they are not easy to play with the ball. Also, an attacker who did not play the ball, participate in active play, or gets benefit from an offside position, is not punished for being in an offside position, while taking into account the intrusion measure the rest of the body parts such as the nose and even the back that the player can score with.

* Previous international rule