In Paraná, a more than atypical situation was experienced with an arbitration decision and its consultation with the VAR. Patronage Y Platense They played a fundamental game in the fight for permanence, but the Patron saint suffered expulsion Marcelo Estigarribia when the average of 39 minutes of the first half. Initially, the decision Patrizio Loustau he shouldn’t have sent the attacker off, but Ezeiza’s call to review the game made him change his decision.

Estigarribia, former San Martín de Tucumán player, received a red card after nudging Haibrany Ruiz Díaz. The striker went in search of a deep pass, but at the beginning of his career he nudged defender Calamar and I leave it bleeding. At first glance the blow is almost imperceptible and very difficult to spot, although after the alert to the VAR for the review of the game, there was no doubt that the action deserved the expulsion.

The review of plays is something that has become commonplace and to which the public is gradually getting used to. However, on television it was possible to see with great clarity the exchange between Loustau and Yael Falcon Pérez who performed as AVAR. Once the game was reviewed, the lead referee’s conclusion was decisive. “Red card at number 19 for violent conduct. He hits the ball in the face without the ball, ”were his words.

What Federico Beligoy says about VAR audio

One of the main doubts that arose with the new tool is knowing why the AFA does not reveal the audio after matches, as in the case of Conmebol – for example – in Copa Libertadores or Copa Sudamericana.

The National Referee Director, Federico Beligoy, said: “We use the VAR to give the refereeing tools, when we are ready and the AFA deems it appropriate we will pass the audio of the VAR”, the statements were made in the context of the scandal that broke out in August after a controversial arbitration in the match between Barracas Central and Patronato, headed by Jorge Baliño.

Earlier, in April, he had given a different version: “Audio when we have it, when we believe our team is one hundred percent prepared, bah … rather, with the corresponding baggage and path and practice. correspondent for who also know that now the audio will be broadcast “, explained the former referee. “Let’s not forget that we come from a football without VAR, where the discourse or the rhetoric has been managed in a certain way and today must change completely,” he added.

“We are still observers in the booth, sometimes he has wrong expressions or a dirty word. We need them to adapt to working with the VAR, in order to be one hundred percent sure of what they are doing. From there we will be able to show audio. and video without problems, “he added.