The despair of the Barça: Illarramendi deserved red card and remained with yellow

The Real Sociedad-FC Barcelona had goals, tension and high dose of intensity, but the controversies remained parked by the intervention of the VAR. The technology follows appearing to facilitate the task of the referees, that however, in occasions complicate more than the necessary. There was a subject that yes bothered to the culés, and that it had been able to facilitate a victory that equally had to work until the last minute.

The protests to Of the Big Hill were an usual every time that signalled fault to Asier Illarramendi, that saw a yellow in the first-half and played the second clearly after the rest. In the minute 43, the Madrilenian referee admonished to the midfield player by a demolish, and although this 'delivered' of the beautiful in the resumption, went back to the bench when it was substituted without a stain in his file. Something quite difficult to believe.

The captain of the txuri urdin group was delivering agarrones and patadas to several Barcelona footballers. It cut one against on the one hand, happened of braked by the another... The Catalans surrounded to the trencilla demanding that it already touched to finish with the foul play, but in each one of his interventions repeated the film: This signalled the fault, highlighted that it did not deserve cardboard and the action followed as if at all.

Finally, Asier Garitano took note of what was occurring, and wanting to avoid a dangerous expulsion, withdrew to Illarramendi and gave gone in to Mikel Merino. It was in the minute 82, and after three infringements that perfectly could have him cost a red. Luckily, there was happy final for the Barça, but to having had trip, would have argued on this problem, that had esquivado if the referee had had more personality.

The VAR, separated in cases like the one of Illarramendi

Although it is remaining clear that it is an assistance of the most useful, the VAR is not 100% effective, and there are questions that the referees have to resolve by himself same. Further to interpret some repetitions with his own criterion, there is played in which the technology does not have allowed to take part, and the one of Illarramendi is one of the clearest examples.

The video arbitration can stop the game in case that it treat of a red direct, but will not go in to argue cases that incumban double yellow. If there is second caution or no, has to decide it the main referee of the meeting, something that, for example, to Of the Big Hill, did not seem him adapted signal.