The VAR and the controversy of the night in the draw between Tigre and Boca: was Belmonte’s hand?

The controversy suddenly settled at Victoria Night. Tigre y Boca They matched 1 to 1 at the beginning of the second half. In a corner shot, the second of the team was interim directed by Mariano Herrón Thanks to a corner ball that won Tomás Belmonte In the small area. The goal was validated in the first instance, but called the VAR and everything was canceled and the result did not move until the end.

What was charged? Belmonte’s hand. Was? The different cameras that showed from the official transmission do not deliver a very clear image, although in one of them it can be seen that the ball barely touches on the right arm of the Boca man although it has no intention.

The regulation is clear: if the ball ends inside the arch but before there was a hand, beyond having been casual, there will be no score. And that is why from Ezeiza came the call of Jorge Baliño, in charge of the VAR, for Facundo Tello, the main judge of the match that had whistle the goal. Then, Tello annulled him after seeing the play on the monitor.

“It charges me a hand that is not copper. Nor touches my hand and, if it touches me, it does not deviate the path of the ball. He explained to the past the referee and I did not understand him much. Just the boys showed me the play and could not believe what they charged me.

For his part, Herrón said: “They tell me that before the header there is a push to Belmonte. I do not mean that I have not seen. There are different criteria for the plays.”

He pushed the one referred to by the DT Boquense is not about Belmonte; but about Alan Velasco. Indeed there was a lack of Jabes Saralegui, precisely a former mouth, about Velasco. However, having validated the goal, the VAR could only call to correct whether or not it was so much.