Koeman, slope of the sanction of the Committee of Competition

The procedure against of the trainer of the FC Barcelona, Ronald Koeman, follows opened. The Dutch still does not know if definitively it will be sanctioned after his statements after the Classical in which it criticised the use of the VAR that, in his opinion, never acts in favour of the team that directs. The file opened the past 4 November and the judge still has not proposed the punishment.

"The VAR only has gone in against of the Barça. Never in favour. Neither in the penalti to Messi in Seville, neither in the two red in Getafe. I have asked after him what only there is VAR against the Barça", said Ronald Koeman after the party in front of the Real Madrid in Alfredo Gave Stefano, after losing 3-1. The party was conditioned by a penal in favour of the merengues after a push of Clément Lenglet to Sergio Bouquets pitado by the VAR.

Koeman Had complained of the decision of the referee with the action between Lenglet and Bouquets, that was preceded by another push of the captain merengue that was not taken by the VAR. The bad news for the Dutch is that it is not allowed to question in public the the effectiveness -or no- of the system.

The article 100 bis, in which Committee of Competition bases to want to sanction to the trainer blaugrana, indicates that the realisation of "statements through any half by means of which question the honesty and impartiality of any member of the referee's community or of the organs of the RFEF; as well as the statements that suppose a disapproval of the activity of any member of the communities mentioned when they effect with despise or when it employ an offensive language, insultante, humillante or malsonante, will be sanctioned". In the concrete case of the footballers, technicians, preparadores physical, delegates, doctors, ATS/FTP, sanitary assistants or attendants of material, the sanction would be of four to twelve parties of suspension and fine of 601 to 3.005,06 euros, as it explains the article.

Pellegrini, with a similar case, was not sanctioned

To the trainer of the Betis, Manuel Pellegrini, also him aperturó a file for speaking on the VAR after the clash of his team in front of the Real Madrid. The Chilean expressed in similar terms and did not receive sanction any, but what expects that to Koeman do not have problem any.

In fact, according to the newspaper 'Sport', jurídicamente speaking, the statements of the trainer do not fulfil with the requirements to carry it to sanction. In any moment attacks directly to the members of the referee's body involved (Martínez Munuera and Sánchez Martínez) and does not question the honesty and impartiality of the referee, in addition to that it did not use an offensive language. In any one of the cases, the final decision regarding his case will know probably the Wednesday 2 December.