"Those two points can be very important for us." Who said this was the coach of Cádiz, Sergio González in the press conference after a draw between his team and Elche last January with an Elche goal, in the 83rd minute, preceded by a clear offside. "Del Cerro has apologized to us for not annulling the goal," he said of the refereeing team's error.

The play, an offside that should have seen the VAR, "because it came for that", according to the Cadiz coach, generated a wave of official protests led by the president cadista, Manuel Vizcaíno. The leader described it as "theft of points" and has claimed the decision to the highest sports authority, the Administrative Court of Sport (TAD) without prejudice to going to ordinary justice if Cádiz ends up being harmed at the end of the season or, what is the same, descends. The TAD finally rejected the request of the Cadiz team to paralyze the competition in LaLiga.

Another of the biggest refereeing grievances suffered this season has been the goal annulled to Real Valladolid against Sevilla because the referee, Miguel Ortiz Arias, considered that Escudero's shot had occurred out of time. Again, the bitterness of the coach, in this case Valladolid, before an action that "should motivate the team to push and dump anger on the field."

And, also again, the explosion of the president, in this case Valladolid, Ronaldo Nazario. "This is inadmissible," he said in a tweet shortly after the end of the match his team lost 0-3 to Sevilla. "Until now we had been silent trying to vindicate our dissatisfaction through official means, meetings and petitions, avoiding making a public exhibition. But enough is enough!" he complained. The annulled goal would have meant the tie of the white and violet team and one never knows how the game would have ended.

The last one has been the play of Griezmann's ghost goal against Espanyol in Cornellá. A complicated move for a referee, but one that should have saved the VAR. However, the video arbitration concludes that it was a goal when, in the broadcast of the match, no shot is offered that shows that the ball of the French striker has crossed the line completely. Something similar but in the other sense to what happened with the Japanese goal against Spain in the World Cup in Qatar.

Tangana between Vinicius and Duro in Valencia- Real Madrid.K. FORSTERLINGEFE

From the parakeet set, through its coach Luis García, has requested "the image in which it is seen that the ball enters clearly and clearly". Griezmann's goal was Atletico Madrid's second against Espanyol, and even Simeone's side went 0-3. However, in an exercise of pundonor, Espanyol came back and had the 4-3 in the boots of Joselu, but scored the occasion.

In the absence of two days, there are seven teams (Espanyol, Valladolid, Cádiz, Getafe, Almería, Celta and Valencia) in just 5 points playing the relegation. And, these arbitral decisions could be capital. As the parakeet coach says, "you are playing with the work, feeling and money of many people."

Revenue

And it is that going down to LaLiga SmartBank supposes great changes in the structures of the clubs due to the decrease in income to be in another category, especially that of television rights. Espanyol received the 21/22 season, 54.5 million euros, Cádiz, 47.53; Getafe, 54.55; Celtic, 53.16; and Valencia, 69.86.

However, teams coming from LaLiga SmartBank such as Valladolid or Almería received 23.63 and 8.24 respectively. The blue and white team almost tripled the Andalusian because it was the object of relegation aid since its downgrade had occurred in the year 20/21. Thus, these arbitration errors, many settled with the request for forgiveness by the members, could not only harm many entities but end them claiming in ordinary justice.

Controversy in Valencia

Another controversial decision, but that falls more into the field of the hypothesis is the controversial move of Valencia-Real Madrid that resulted in the expulsion of Vinicius Junior. If the referee had also sent off Hugo Duro, the white team could have put in serious trouble the victory che and, with it, the permanence of Baraja's team. As we say, it enters the field of hypotheses even if, like the others, it is a serious arbitral ruling.



  • RCD Espanyol
  • Real Valladolid CF
  • Cadiz CF
  • Valence
  • Vinicius Junior

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