Messi did not appreciate seeing his goal canceled by VAR for a foul committed well before his strike.
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Marcelo Endelli / POOL / AFP
Thursday evening, in an
empty
Bombonera
and sad to cry, Argentina was denied a goal that costs them their first two points in the race for qualification for the World-2022.
A cancellation which is reminiscent of that of the PSG match at Real last season, when the referee reversed his decision to grant a penalty to the Parisians, to return to a fault by Gueye which had taken place about three days before in the middle of the field.
Thursday evening, the referee also decided after viewing the images to return to the fault committed on a Paraguayan thirty seconds earlier, in the Argentine camp, and to cancel the goal of Leo Messi, at the conclusion of a collective action yet very sympathetic.
A cancellation that angered Barcelona number 10, after a match played in a tense atmosphere and marked by the serious injury of Exequiel Palacios after a violent blow to the back signed by Angel Romero.
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😮 When the VAR canceled a great goal for Lionel Messi, who could have given the victory to Argentina!
🤩 A magnificent collective action!
👀 But ... https: //t.co/Z3ex67utw2
- beIN SPORTS (@beinsports_FR) November 13, 2020
"You shit on us twice," he told the referee, referring to the generous penalty (according to Messi) granted to the Paraguayan in the first period.
With this draw, the Albiceleste could lose the lead in the South America zone in favor of Brazil, if the Seleçao win against Venezuela on Friday evening.
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