Wednesday, November 20

The VAR helps Chivas with a controversial 1-1 draw with Monterrey

The Chivas of Guadalajara They rescued the 1-1 draw with Monterrey in a match where the VAR appeared to lend a hand to Guadalajara, but in the end they did not know how to take advantage of the error by goalkeeper Raúl “Tala” Rangel to decree the final distribution of points.

A result where the team led by the Argentine Fernando Gago They did not know how to take advantage of the advantage that Ricardo Marín’s goal gave them in the 27th minute and that made it seem that the night would be round with a better score, but in the end goalkeeper Raúl “Tala” Rangel with a mistake opened the doors to the definitive tie scored by international Jesús “Tecatito” Corona.

It is true that the participation of the VAR surrounded Chivas’ result with controversysince in the first instance it is not observed that the Argentine forward Lucas Ocampo committed a foul on the Chivas goalkeeper, since prior to that action, the red and white defender Antonio Briseño complained about a foul by the Mexican-American Brandon Vázquez that preceded the action of his companion.

But as a result of this play and the intervention of the whistler Luis Enrique Santander from above In the VAR area, he decided to call the young whistler Jesús Rafael López to review the action carefully and then determine that Ocampo committed a foul by kicking the ball when the Chivas goalkeeper already had a hand on the ball.

Under that criterion they decided to cancel the play by invoking what is established in the rule which details that: “The goalkeeper will also be in possession of the ball in his hands when: “-he retains the ball in his hands or between his hand and a surface (e.g. the ground, his own body) or when he touches it with any part of the hands or arms, except if the ball bounces off the goalkeeper or after he has made a save.

-hold the ball with your hand open and extended

–bounce the ball on the ground or throw it into the air. As long as the goalkeeper is in possession of the ball in his hands, no opponent may challenge him.

The whistler who knows this rule, made the decision to annul the action of Ocampo’s goal and with this gave life to Chivas who in the 27th minute took advantage perfectly to get ahead on the scoreboard and then have several options to increase the advantage, but they could not carry out the various actions they generated.

The actions

This is how the rest of the actions went, with a give and take between both teams, since Chivas had two goal options with Roberto “Piojo” Alvarado and the other from Omar Govea, but the visitors’ goalkeeper, the Argentine Esteban Andrada, prevented his goal from falling.

Guadalajara, Jalisco on September 28, 2024., during the match corresponding to matchday 10 of the Apertura 2024 tournament of the BBVA MX League, between Chivas Rayadas de Guadalajara and Rayados de Monterrey, held at the Akron stadium. Photo: Imago7/ Juan Carlos Cubeyro.
Roberto Alvarado from Chivas was a constant danger for the Rayados de Monterrey, but in the end he could not achieve the options that were presented to him in the visiting team’s goal.
Credit: Juan Carlos Cubeyro. | Imago7

While Rayados with Lucas Ocampo, Brandon Vázquez and Jordi Cortizo sought to respond and create danger against the Guadalajara goal, but without achieving their objective.

But when it was least expected and everything seemed under control for Chivas to take the victory, the play came in the 87th minute, where the Argentine Lucas Ocampo sent a change of play in the off-hook of Rayados towards the “Tecatito” Corona that the Chivas goalkeeper wanted cut outside the area, but went wide and allowed them to clear their goal with the visitors’ goal.

The action of “Tala” Rangel was so innocent that it generated disbelief and courage among his teammates who went against the Rayados players in their celebration by not believing that the goalkeeper of the Mexican team dared to come out like that.

Corona took advantage of the gift and with that saved his team from defeat and also lowered the temperature of the controversy that would have been generated if they had lost due to the goal disallowed in the 9th minute due to the VAR marking.

Thus, in summary of the actions, The tie was expensive for Chivas, since in addition to the two points that they took out of the bag, they also lost striker Armando “Hormiga” González due to an injury that only increases the crisis in the attack with absences such as that of their top star Javier “Chicharito” Hernández, of the Mexican-American Cade Cowell and now the young Armando González.

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