{"id":118467,"date":"2025-10-26T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/miracle-at-bernabeu-var-saves-barca-from-penalty_315116_102\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T15:45:00","slug":"miracle-at-bernabeu-var-saves-barca-from-penalty_315116_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/laliga\/miracle-at-bernabeu-var-saves-barca-from-penalty_315116_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Miracle at the Bernab\u00e9u! VAR saves Bar\u00e7a from an invented penalty by Lamine on Vinicius"},"content":{"rendered":"

It took C\u00e9sar Soto Grado a minute and a half to help Real Madrid in the Cl\u00e1sico against Bar\u00e7a. The referee initially called a nonexistent penalty by Lamine Yamal on Vinicius, but luckily the VAR corrected the Riojan judge’s mistake<\/h2> \r\n
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Javier Iglesias Villanueva<\/strong>, from VAR, saved FC Barcelona<\/strong> from a monumental robbery right at the start of the Cl\u00e1sico<\/strong> against Real Madrid<\/strong>. Before the 2nd minute of the match, C\u00e9sar Soto Grado<\/a> signaled a non-existent foul by Lamine Yamal<\/strong> on Vinicius Jr.<\/strong> while disputing a ball inside the area.<\/p>

The play began with a possible offside by the ‘7’ when attacking the space, but the VAR only focused on the point of contact between the ’10’ of Bar\u00e7a and Vini<\/a><\/strong>. Iglesias Villanueva confirmed that the Bar\u00e7a forward plants his foot first and the Brazilian hits him after.<\/p>

Therefore, he calls Soto Grado to review the play on the monitor. Miraculously, the referee from La Rioja reversed his decision, awarding an indirect free kick to Bar\u00e7a<\/strong>. Since VAR has been used in LaLiga (2019\/20), 3 penalties have been overturned due to intervention by the technology, 2 in favor of Madrid and 1 to the Azulgrana team.<\/p>

VAR intervened again in a Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 goal<\/h2>

Later, in the 13th minute, VAR intervened again, this time to disallow a goal by Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/strong>. A loss by Ferm\u00edn L\u00f3pez after a bad pass from Frenkie de Jong allowed the ’10’ of Madrid to shoot first time from outside the area. However, the semi-automatic VAR detected that the Frenchman was slightly ahead at the start of the play.<\/p>

Thus, the refereeing of the Cl\u00e1sico did a good job, at least from the VAR room, in the opening quarter of an hour of the Cl\u00e1sico. A real miracle, given the history in recent league matches.<\/p>