They had to be the protagonists of the game. In one way or another, the referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea and the var Pablo González Fuertes were predestined to attract the attention of the cup finaljust as they had been the center of conversation in the previous one. A little because of his fault, because even in the estate there were those who understood that they were braking on the eve of a final; But especially for how Real Madrid placed the entire focus on them.
The white entity was not completed, among other things because even the government intervened, appealing to the king and the thousands of fans displaced to Seville To reduce the tone of the threat of not appearing to the final, but the capital fold with the judges of the final remained intact. Now, Real Madrid will not be able to say that he lost the final because of arbitration decisions. In any case, it will be Barça who can argue that he could be a champion without the need for an extension if the tandem By Burgos Bengoetxea-González Fuertes I would have made other decisions.
Real Madrid TV videos
And that, in the nearly 40 hours that passed between the already famous press conference of the referees and the celebration of the final, Real Madrid TV issued tens of times a compilation video of all (alleged) errors that González Fuertes He had committed in the past against Madrid. It was the response to the grievance denounced by the White Club, beyond the plant to the acts of the previous and the threat, denied but real, of not appearing in the final of the Cartuja.
Rüdiger and Ferran's action. / Julio Munoz / EFE
In the party discount, Antonio Rüdiger knocked Ferran Torres in the area. The typical action in which the defense arrives tenths of the second afternoon and there is a leg where there was a ball before. Burgos Bengoetxea saw nothing and waited for his partner's indication from the Vor room. González Fuertes must have told him something like “there is nothing”, while the morbid seized the situation.
The VAR of the meeting to which Real Madrid had tried to challenge had just saved the white team with a fairly debatable decision. It was not white or black, but of a rather dark gray. Insufficient for the man converted by 'Casus Belli' by Florentino Pérez and Madridism.
De Burgos error
The destination, however, had reserved an even more searching for that discount that seemed longer than the previous 90 minutes. By Burgos Bengoetxea did not hesitate for a moment when it comes to pointing as penalty an action by Raúl Asencio on Raphinha. He instantly indicated the penalty spot. And, again, as the protocol marks, he waited for instructions.
Raúl Asencio, after his penalty to Raphinha who was finally annulled by the VAR. / AFP7 via Europa Press
Tchouaméni did not let go of the ball, while Asencio swore and perjurad that he had done nothing. González Fuertes, this time, he understood that his partner was wrong. The images left little doubt that it was: the white central had not come to play the Barca attacker. From Burgos he went to the monitor, reviewed the play and was aware of his mistake.
The referee communicated it first, in an unusual maneuver, to the captains, Luka Modric Y Ronald Araujo. It was celebrated by the Madrid player, the Barça asked additional explanations.
In short, neither of the two actions ended with a penalty launch of Barça. He did not finish it in need of the Barca team, saving a new fire to an arbitration collective that is jumping from one to another without continuity solution. It shouldn't generate them The expulsions of Lucas Vázquez and, above all, of Rüdiger for losing the papers When the game was almost finished.
