Madrid, benefited! Barça would be co-leader of LaLiga EA Sports if the VAR had been fair

The VAR in his conception was born like a tool to facilitate the work of the arbitration when valuing played complicated and controversial. Nevertheless, as in any work that involves the taking of decisions by part of the man and his subject criterion to interpretation, fits the possibility that they commit errors that, in occasions, can benefit to a team and prejudice to others, arriving even to cost parties.

In LaLiga EA Sports of this season 2023-24, the videoarbitraje has been in the centre of the controversy been due to more than a questionable decision, what has had an indirect influence and without intentionality in the current classification of the Spanish tournament after 29 days contested. Like this it exposes it the Archive VAR, commissioned of contabilizar weekly the points of each group in function of the errors in favour or against that have suffered in his respective commitments.

How it would go LaLiga EA Sports 2023-24 without the errors committed by the VAR?

Under this premise, the table of LaLiga would not experience significant changes, since the Real Madrid would follow leading the tournament, but in place to add the current 72 points, would have 67, that is to say, five points less. However, the fight by the leadership would be much more argued, since the FC Barcelona, current second qualifier with 64 units and one of the most prejudiced groups by the VAR according to these metric, also would have 67 points, what would plant it in a serious fight by the first place. Besides, the Girona FC would complete the podium in the third position, as it is at present, but in place to have 62 units, would have 60.

It is worthwhile to remember that the FC Barcelona and the Real Madrid have experienced opposite realities regarding the use of the videoarbitraje. The Catalan cast has starred a number of questionable decisions against by part of the VAR and that cost him points, like the penalti no sanctioned to Ronald Araújo in the party of the first turn against the Getafe CF, which could have served to break the parity with which finished this commitment. Equally, they appear other cases like the annotation invalidated to Joãor Félix against the Granada CF (2-2) by a presumptive offside positional of Ferran Torres and that meant another victory snatched, or the maximum penalty no sanctioned to Araújo in the Classical against the combined merengue. All important actions that prejudiced to the picture culé and meant the loss of an important quantity of points.

By his part, the square of Chamartín has received a more indulgent deal by part of the VAR, in spite of being the team to the that more goals have cancelled him in LaLiga. It suffices with remembering meetings like the duel against the Almería (3-2), where validated two questionable goals in favour of the whites and invalidated an entirely lawful annotation for the rival team. Further of this, there were other small actions that also had direct influence in positive results for the merengues, like the target cancelled to Larssen by a presumptive infringement of the Norwegian on Kepa Arrizabalaga in the duel in front of the Celtic of Vigo in Balaídos, or the goal of Joselu against the Getafe CF in the commitment of the first turn that did not cancel by offside positional, between many other actions in which it has seen involved the white picture in this season and that have added him several units to his marker.