Ex-referee famous in Liga, Mateu Lahoz explodes after Real – Atletico : « The penalty.. ».

Well known in Spain, where he has been one of the most requested referees in the big matches in recent years, Mateu Lahoz has once again swung his truths live on the Real Madrid – Atletico match, especially on the penalty whistled against Aurelien Tchouameni.

Here is one that makes a lot flow of’ink in Spain. As’an open war pits Real Madrid against Spanish referees, Soto Grado and his VAR assistants struck a big blow Saturday night. Indeed, in the shock of the 23rd day of Liga between the club of Florentino Perez and the neighbor of the’Atletico, a very contentious penalty was whistled against Aurelien Tchouameni in the 33rd. While some believe that the Madrid defender touched Lino, player of Diego Simeone, in the penalty area, and therefore committed a penalty, Mateu Lahoz n’en does not return.

L’incomprehension of Mateu Lahoz on the VAR

Former referee famous in La Liga, Mateu Lahoz explodes after Real – Atletico : “The penalty..”.

For the former referee’, known in Liga for leading the biggest shocks of the championship in recent years, the VAR should not intervene to lead to the penalty whistled. Commenting on the match for the radio Cope, Mateu Lahoz believes that Lino did not’ have the ball in his possession and had already missed the chance to’ave it. Because of this, it was not at all logical to whistle a penalty against Aurelian Chouameni in a sport where one cannot avoid contacts.

« C’is amazing that we got to arbitrate through a photo, from something that’a nothing to do with the nature of the game, » a first’ let go of the’ex-international arbitrator, who deplores the mechanization of arbitral decisions. « This changes a sport that we have been passionate about for many years, » completed the 42-year-old’Spanish, who has been retiring for a few months. Note that, a few seconds earlier, Mateu Lahoz had himself warned his colleagues that VAR was not going to come into play, because the ball’ was not contentious at the time of the trampling.

The controversial decision that does not’shakes Real

Former referee famous in La Liga, Mateu Lahoz explodes after Real – Atletico : “The penalty..”.

But with the tension and the’atmosphere that reign these last weeks, Mateu Lahoz has not been heard since the VAR has changed the physiognomy of the encounter by calling Caesar Soto Grado to study the’action. As reveals Relevates after the match, the’r of the match asked for several images to know what decision to make, but with a single image available to the VAR where we saw the contact between the two players, he decided, which cruelly annoys Mateu Lahoz. It must be said that Real Madrid has been facing controversial arbitral decisions in recent times.

When we know that the’ team already suffers from several absences related to injuries, it is difficult to do with decisions that seriously complicate the task. In any case, despite everything Kylian Mbappe was able to find the fault to restore the’balance for Real Madrid in the 50th, after a great job by Rodrygo Goes. Dominating, Carlo Ancelotti’s team’ had even passed the double with a head of Jude Bellingham on the crossbar. Sanctioned by a score of 1-1, as at’aller, the Madrid derby allows Real to stay ahead of the Liga with 50 points.