Commentator André Loffredo once again questioned the use of VAR in Brazilian football, this time for having ruled out Erison’s goal, 10 minutes into the second half, in Botafogo’s 3-1 victory over Fortaleza, when the match was still in progress. tied. The move was signaled on the field and the offside was confirmed by the video referee. In the last round, there was a lot of complaint about the disallowed goal – correctly – by Gabriel, from Flamengo, against Botafogo himself.
– It was that millimeter impediment. You can’t keep passing these lines to mark nail impediment. You can’t, that doesn’t benefit football. We can’t mark offside with a hairline, you can’t cancel the goal because it was windy and the guy’s hair is in front. It can’t be like that. If you can’t see it in the image, whatever is decided on the field is worth it. Not even the machine gives us security. It’s an angle, it has to be very calibrated, it’s the line, it’s the frame… The guys stay three minutes to spoil what people went to watch – complained Loffredo, on “SporTV News”.
The commentator also questioned the delay in validating Fortaleza’s goal, scored in the first half by Moisés.
– Fortaleza’s goal shot was checked three times and none of them was close to an offside. And he was still scoring on the field. What was the assistant’s job? Spoil the Fortress’s celebration. He’s there for that, why wouldn’t the impediment be checked? Since all goals will be verified, why do they have to raise the flag? There were three and a half minutes of stopped play – observed Loffredo.
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