“Where is the ball?”: the phantom play that baffled everyone in the Superclásico

“Attention, River goes, Barco goes with a closed center… Who-here-to holds the ball”details the match reporter on ESPN’s screen 35 minutes into the first half, Sebastiano Vignoloand the image on the screen is disconcerting: what you see is a bounce off the crossbar that sends the ball back with speed beyond the edges of the television.

But on the pitch it is completely normal, and no one goes out to look for the ball in the middle of the pitch. Chiquito Romero He has the ball in his hands and is preparing to come out as River regroups on defense. What happened? A phantom success in the superclásico, at least for the viewers who were looking for explanations on social networks.

In slow motion it’s phenomenal. When Romero is inches away from being left with Barco’s expedition, from behind and in the opposite direction to unidentified flying object who at the same time as the goalkeeper holds the ball, shoots to the right of the screen.

The optical illusion is clear: the ball appears to hit the crossbar. But as if by magic, Romero raises his head and looks for his most advanced man to attempt a counterattack which, among other things, was unsuccessful.

With conspiracy theories, such as the recurring failure in the matrix, or humorous outings, Twitter has been a concentration of analyzes and frame-by-frame samples to research the phenomenon in detail. However, there was no consensus and no user addressed the issue with a noteworthy explanation.