“The penalty on Vinicius? Is he the one who beats the goalkeeper”

The Dutch football legend strongly criticized the way the Real-Betis match was fixed. The former player believes that the penalty on Vinicius should never have been issued.

Real won 2-0 against Betis this Sunday, thanks to a double from Mbappé in the second half. Ancelotti’s team once again had great difficulty creating chances and opening the scoring, but the final news came with a great pass from Valverde for Mbappé, who scored his first La Liga goal on this offer.

A few minutes later, the French scored twice by converting a penalty scored by Vinicius. The latter allowed him to draw his new team. This penalty, which occurred after contact between the goalkeeper and Vinicius who was running, is the subject of debate in Spain.

While the Bernabéu and the Madrilenians had already claimed two penalties, one after a handball from Diego Llorente and the other for a tackle that caused Ceballos to fall in the area, the referee finally had to appeal to the VAR before marking the fall of Vinicius.

💥 Van Basten EXPLODES after the penalty is called on Vinicius:

🗣️ “Vinicius kicked the Betis goalkeeper. It’s a typical example that the VAR never played a game” pic.twitter.com/ybxJjW7IYp

— Offsider (@Offsider_ES)
September 1, 2024

But not everyone agrees with the referee and his interpretation of the VAR images. Dutch football legend Marco Van Basten does not understand how this penalty could be given. “It’s Vinicius who ends up hitting the Betis goalkeeper in the legs. How can the referee and his VAR assistant be so stupid to whistle? It is a typical example that shows that the VAR people have never played a game, if that was the case. , they would know,” Van Basten said.

Real Betis coach Manuel Pellegrini also complained about the referee’s decision after the game: “There were still 15 or 20 minutes to try to equalise. But the VAR intervened, it was expected. such an act was not a punishment.