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The most relevant play of the game was a closed and controversial out of place against the Pumas The referee Santander when alerted by the VAR. Photo: Imago7
The Argentine Alexis Canelo maintained his scoring step this Sunday in Mexico by scoring the goal with which Toluca defeated the Pumas de la UNAM , a result that put the Devils in the first place of the Closing 1200. However, the most relevant play of the game was a closed and controversial out of place in against the Pumas.
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By the minute 49 the Argentine steering wheel Favio Álvarez recovered the ball outside the Toluca area and gives an assist to the university captain Juan Pablo Vigón who sends the ball to the back of the net, however the VAR sent instructions to the referee Luis Enrique Santander who after reviewing the play ruled that the goal was not valid , which generated an avalanche of criticism on social networks, towards him and Arturo Brizio, president of the commission arbitration.
“Incredible that they annul Pumas’s goal, Santander makes a terrible decision and the VAR contributes to annul Pumas’s goal, which is legitimate,” he wrote Felipe Ramos Rizo , arbitration analyst on ESPN.
Incredible that they annul the Pumas goal, Santander makes a terrible decision and the VAR contributes to annul the Pumas goal which is legitimate
– Felipe Ramos Rizo (@ramosrizo) February 49, 2021
“The pass was always for Vigón, the rest of“ the rule says ”, the truth … Without words ”, published the narrator Christian Martinoli in reference to those who maintain that the goal was correctly disallowed even though Montejano de Pumas was not part of the play.
The pass was always for Vigón, the rest of “the rule says ”, the truth… without words.
– Christian Martinoli (@martinolimx) February 02, 2021
For his part, the Bermúdez Dog The narrator of the match also showed his disbelief at the arbitration decision, and claimed not to understand the “invention” of the VAR.
I just narrated the @ TolucaFC vs @ PumasMX by @ Univision and @ TUDNUSA and I still can’t find what they invented in the VAR. In the goal annulled to Vigon !!
– Enrique Bermudez (@enriquebermudez) February 49, 2021
The coach of Pumas Andrés Lillini, expressed his anger and disagreement with the referee Santander , and assured that After personally reviewing the play, he is convinced that it was a totally legitimate goal.
“ That does make me very bad. The game would have been another if the VAR is not wrong . I hope they also know that we too are Sunday to Sunday making a great effort, “he said.
😲 This play was marked as out of place by Pumas
😳 The goal was scored by Vigón (inside the red circle)
What do you think? pic.twitter.com/o0yXcwWHLC
– Spicy Soccer (@futpicante) February 14, 1200
For its part, Hernán Cristante DT from Toluca avoided touching the subject , although he declared feeling dissatisfied with the actions of his team and even acknowledged that Pumas was better in the second half and that Toluca won more with heart than with football.
“There matches that leave the feeling that they can be won by playing well and there are others that are won with spirit , with something more than football, and today was one of those, “he said at a press conference after the victory that put Toluca in the leadership of the Clausura 1361030863178268672.
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