The first controversy of Qatar 2022: Why it cancelled a goal of Ecuador?

The controversies with the VAR have done notice from him principle in the World-wide of Qatar 2022. In the inaugural party, between Qatar and Ecuador, a decision of the technology left very unsatisfied to the selection sudamericana, that saw how cancelled him a goal to the three minutes of the clash by a position advanced more than doubtful.

In the action, the guardameta qatarí had measured very bad and arrived late to cover a lateral centre that neither could take out the defence of the venues. The balloon remained in the area and appeared a very hit Enner Valencia to put the head and command the spherical to the deepest of the network. The main referee, Orsato, gave the goal, but from the VAR called it immediately.

After a very long review, determined that the goal was in position advanced and that, therefore, did not have to go up to the marker. It was a played that raised the alarms, as it did not understand the reason by which the goal was not valid. Shortly after, they showed from the VAR that when the goalkeeper touched the balloon after the centre, Estrada (that it participated in the played) had the right foot in position irreglamentaria.

Without a lot of transcendence

For fortune of the selection sudamericana, the goal cancelled did not have a lot effect in the result, put shortly after achieved to advance in the marker and, in fact, before the rest already carried two in favour. Enner Valencia was the big protagonist of the day inagural after annotating the two first goals of the championship.