After so much wish, the VAR came to Argentine football last weekend. And, as Federico Beligoy said in the training course for journalists he gave to Ezeiza, “The controversies will never end.” Time proves the National Director of Arbitration is right, even today.

theThe debut of the technology in the eighth round of the Professional League Cup has left a positive balance. The judges ’decisions brought fairness to the game, but many issues remain to be corrected, especially of the time taken between the consultation with the VAR referees and the subsequent examination of the monitor on the playing field.

For example, in Vélez-Lanús, with a signal cut in between, Darío Herrera took ten minutes to determine that Franco Díaz did not touch the ball before Julián Fernández’s pass reached the position of Lucas Pratto, the author of the goal. And, without technical problems, Cristian Tarragona had to wait four minutes for Fernando Echenique to allow him to shout his goal in Gimnasia’s 2-1 victory over Talleres at La Plata. Two wise decisions, but with a lot of delay.

This weekend, the controversial move was on the Liniers. Vélez received Boca on Amalfitani and 31 minutes into the second half, after a corner kick from the left, Alan Varela stretched his right arm in a completely unnatural position and covered Máximo Perrone’s header inside the box.

theAt first glance the punishment seems obvious. “The boys told me when the game ended that they saw it at the time. Watching the video I think we were hurt by that decision. That was clearly punishment.”commented Julius Vaccarithe coach who replaced Mauricio Pellegrino at Vélez.

However, on the ESPN channel, they showed an exclusive photo of that put an end to doubts and was not shown in the official broadcast of the match.

When the corner starts leading to the action of controversy, the impact of the ball causes it to exit the bottom line and re -enter the playing field. Therefore, everything that happens then is not valid and a goal kick is properly allowed for Boca.

It is noteworthy, for the first time, that the linesman does not raise the flag and raises doubt. He didn’t seem to notice that the ball was gone, unlike Patricio Loustau, who correctly marked that the continuation of the game would match Xeneize.

In this case, the procedure is quick. As indicated by the IFAB (International Football Association Board) protocol, the play was reviewed by VAR jurors, who agreed with the preliminary decision. For this reason, they decided not to call Loustau and let the game continue normally.