The VAR audio of the controversial penalty with which Colombia defeated the Argentine National Team was broadcast

After reviewing the play over and over again with different planes and speeds as recommended by the WAS, For referee Piero Maza there were no doubts: the defender Nicolás Otamendi committed the penalty against Daniel Muñoz which James Rodríguez then changed for a goal to seal Colombia’s victory against the Argentine National Team by 2 to 1 in Barranquilla. And the dialogues that led to that controversial sanction were broadcast at midnight this Wednesday by Conmebol.

“I don’t see any lack“, the Chilean judge Piero Maza is heard saying at the beginning of the video, while from the cabin they began to review the images of a transcendental action for the match corresponding to the eighth date of the South American Qualifiers.

In the audio, you can also hear the moment when the local team players pressured for the ruling to be validated. “There is no doubt: it is criminal“, they complained.

“He passes by his right foot and with his left he strikes“, they notified the judge. After two and a half minutes, they confirmed that assessment: “with the foot picked up it ends up hitting the ankle”.

Afterwards, the referees took a few more moments to analyze whether there was an advanced position in the same play, something they finally ruled out. Finally, the current Rayo Vallecano footballer who has a past in Banfield defeated Dibu Martínez in the execution from the twelve steps and made possible, in the end, not only the victory of Colombia, but the second defeat in this competition for the team. directed by Lionel Scaloni, who did not have the stellar presences of Lionel Messi, due to injury, and Ángel Di María, because he retired from the national team.

The remaining local goal was scored by Yerson Mosquera, with a header, in the first half, while Nicolás González gave the Argentines a partial tie in the second half. The world champion and two-time American champion team remains the leader but now with less distance from its pursuers, one of them Colombia.

After the match, Scaloni showed his annoyance at the VAR ruling during his time at the press conference: “When a match is so close, sometimes it is defined by this type of play and that is what happened. That penalty decided the game. He and the five from the VAR saw a penalty, the rest did not,” launched.

In his analysis of what happened, the coach added: “Football is a sport in which you have to look at what surrounds you and what Muñoz did tells you everything, he does not protest at any time. That’s it, you don’t have to give it much thought.” “It’s true that it conditioned the game. On a psychological level it gave them a boost and it made us nervous.”

And, along the same lines, he concluded: “The first image that the referee is going to see does not have to be the one that seems to touch him. He has to see the entire image and from there decide. But they put him on TV that apparently There is a touch. It conditions it after not collecting it during the game. These are things that I am not going to change, but I think it is something to improve. It seems that they call you and you have to collect it“.

In Chile, Ricardo Gareca’s Red needed to leave behind the dance suffered at the Monumental and faced another in need of points, Bolivia, which has just won its second game of the Qualifiers by moving its home to 4,100 meters from El Stop and beat Venezuela.

Bolivia gave the blow and took a historic victory (2 to 1), after 31 years without winning as a visitor. Those from the Altiplano celebrate and the trans-Andeans get into trouble, with their coach on the tightrope.

Ecuador They had also lost as a visitor on the last date, in their case against Brazil, and were looking to turn the page at home against the bottom of the table, Peru. It was Argentine Sebastián Beccacece’s second game at the head of La Tri, and the objective was to win to establish himself in the classification zone.

It was a 1-0 victory in Quito thanks to Enner Valencia’s goal, which gave the Ecuadorians three points and moved them away from the red zone of the teams that are out of the qualifying positions.

For its part, Uruguay got a valuable point in the draw against Venezuela, which was more and deserved the victory but collided with goalkeeper Sergio Rochet, the great figure of the afternoon.

In the last turn, Paraguay took advantage of the doubts of an earthly Brazil without big stars, in Gustavo Alfaro’s second game at the head of Albirroja. The former Boca and Huracán coach came into this clash after the valuable draw obtained last Friday at the Centenario stadium and won 1-0 thanks to a great goal from Diego Gómez, Lionel Messi’s teammate at Inter Miami.