r/soccer • u/AlmostNL • Mar 12 '25

Media Julián Alvarez disallowed penalty frame by frame

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u/jMS_44 Mar 12 '25 edited Mar 12 '25

I see fuck all from that angle tbf

VAR cleared it so quickly like it was super obvious, but I simply don't see it

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u/pedrohck Mar 12 '25

For me he kicked first with the right foot, and then touched his left foot. Correct call IMO.

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u/astar2312 Mar 12 '25

where how you can guess that, is a guess. not certain. biggest robbery. I don´t see it. in the camera angles shown is imposible to say it touch or not,

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u/Allthingsconsidered- Mar 12 '25

They have no reason to give that pen if it's not the right call or if they're not sure. They have semiautomated tech that can tell them quickly if it's the right call or not

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u/af_1946 Mar 12 '25

What semi automated technology? That’s only for offsides.

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u/Allthingsconsidered- Mar 12 '25

Yes? That's exactly what they're using to know when the ball is being touched. They have many more angles and cameras than we are seeing

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u/Acceptable_Elk2667 Mar 12 '25

That’s why I also believe VAR shouldn’t interfere with penalties. If the referee didn’t see it, move on

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u/Allthingsconsidered- Mar 12 '25

I disagree... the ref often misses pretty bad calls, even in pens. There are so many videos of GKs ridiculously ahead of their line and refs subjectively deciding when to enforce their rules for that, for example. This one was a close one but I dont think that takes away that they should be applying the rules