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Saturday's top-flight matches in the major European leagues saw a lot of refereeing controversy, where in this report we will learn about the most important ones and address them from a refereeing perspective.
• Real Madrid 1-0 Villarreal (Spanish referee Isidro Diaz – Matchday 8 of the Spanish Football League):
The situation:
It was at the 63rd minute when Real Madrid scored a goal, but the assistant referee canceled the goal on the grounds of offside, and his decision was incorrect
Explanation of the situation:
As the Real Madrid player was a small step behind the last Villarreal defender at the moment of passing the ball to him, and the video assistant referee, after watching the situation, asked the referee to count the goal because there was no offside, which is what happened.
The situation:
It was at the 72nd minute when Vinicius scored a goal for Real Madrid and it was counted, but the referee's decision was incorrect
Explanation of the situation:
At the beginning of the attack, Vinicius pulled the Villarreal defender's hair, which is a violation and considered misconduct, so a direct free kick should have been awarded to Villarreal and Vinicius should have been sent off for his misconduct, as any grabbing of the hair warrants an immediate expulsion, but the referee made a mistake and continued the game, and the goal was scored. The video assistant referee, after reviewing, asked the referee to come to the screen, and the latter did not hesitate to award a direct free kick to Villarreal and send off Vinicius, which was the correct decision.
• Deportivo Alaves 1-2 Atletico Madrid (Spanish referee Alejandro Gonzalez – Matchday 8 of the Spanish Football League):
The situation:
The most important thing in this match was at the 59th minute when the referee awarded a direct free kick to Atletico Madrid and booked the Alaves defender for unsporting behavior, but his decision was incorrect.
Explanation of the situation:
The Alaves player deserved to be sent off for misconduct as he used the spikes of his shoe to interfere with the opponent's player's leg, using excessive force and coming from a distance that endangered the opponent's safety, so this deserved a red card. The video assistant referee called the main referee to watch the situation, and the latter did not hesitate to change the yellow card to red, which was the correct decision.
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