VAR had an unusual intervention in the first half of the match where FC Barcelona defeated Osasuna (2-0) thanks to a brace from Raphinha. In the 27th minute, Carlos del Cerro Grande, from the VOR room, called the main referee, Álvaro Cordero Vega, to disallow a goal by Ferran Torres, which had initially been validated by the referee from Extremadura.

The offside arose from a corner kick in favor of Barça from the right side. Raphinha played it short to Lamine Yamal, who passed the ball back to the Brazilian. The play continued without any deflection or intervention from the Navarrese defense, until Marcus Rashford delivered a perfect cross that allowed the 'Shark' to score with a header.

The explanation of the millimeter offside prior to Ferran's goal

Ferran was enabled by Ante Budimir at the moment of 'Rashy's' cross. However, VAR decided to review the entire play and, at the moment of Lamine's pass to Rapha on the corner kick, the '11' had been offside by a heel, literally.

The reason had to do with the fact that, in defending the corner kick, **Osasuna did not place men on the posts**. Therefore, Raphinha was offside immediately after taking the corner.An unusual action that cost Barça the lead before halftime and the '7' culé, what would have been his twelfth goal in LaLiga. Fortunately, in the second half, Hansi Flick's team managed to break the deadlock with two goals from the Brazilian winger.

VAR ignored a possible penalty on Rashford

Prior to Ferran Torres' disallowed goal, there was another controversy overlooked by Cordero Vega and Del Cerro Grande from VAR. Rashford took advantage of a pass from Eric García to enter the box and, as he was about to shoot, was brought down by Íñigo Arguibide.

Cordero Vega considered that the Englishman stumbled with the ball when trying to shoot, although there was clear contact from the defender on the English forward's foot, without making contact with the ball. Despite 'Rashy's' claim and the whistles from the Camp Nou stands, there was no call from the VOR room.