Lucas Hoyos was right: a blooper was sent, but he was removed with a foul. EFE photo archive
One of the attractions of the match between Godoy Cruz Y Velez which opened the 11th date of the tournament of Professional football championship, It was the goal with which the local team managed to open the scoring. the archer Luca Hoyos awkwardly lost the ball two minutes after the start of the game e Pier Barrios He took advantage of the distraction.
Although Hoyos claimed in front of the referee Paul Echavarria, the only thing that won was a warning. The goalkeeper was right: when Barrios took the ball away from him, he had protected it between his hand and the ground.
The regulation says: “The goalkeeper will be in possession of the ball even in his hands when he holds it in his hands or between his hand and a surface, such as the ground or his body”.
Hoyos had the ball under control, do it. Photo: web acquisition
For this reason Echevarría should have committed a foul and awarded Velez the corresponding free kick. Failing that, in the review they should have alerted the infringement.
How did the action go?
Martín Ojeda sent a free kick into the box from midfield and a central defender from Vélez deflected the ball wide. Hoyos went out to meet the ball, which bounced off his feet and went backwards. It happened that the goalkeeper raised his head and lost sight of the ball.
Quickly, he tried to catch the ball so that it didn’t go into the corner, but he left it alive and Pier Barrios went to get it: he almost took it out of his hand and called the goal empty. Vélez’s defenders were already in starting positions; no one expected the blooper.
It would have been different if Hoyos had bounced the ball and the rival had taken advantage of the moment to catch it or if he had caught it with one hand and in the palm. So, there is no shortage.
Source: Clarin
