Sevilla FC lost 0-2 against Real Sociedad at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán. A match in which the red and white team He didn’t show his best version to the point of not being able to make any shot between the three sticks. However, the match was marked by an action within the area in which he was involved. Marcao and Zubimendi. Although referee Muñiz Ruiz initially did not consider it to be a penalty, he received the warning from the VOR room.
It was the 63rd minute of the game when the Sevilla defender knocked down Zubimendi inside the area. Marcao left the stretched spleen hitting footballer’s face of the Royal Society. An action that Muñiz Ruiz did not consider to be punishable live and had to receive a call from Daniel Trujillo from the VOR room. The referee advised him to review the play so that he could assess a “possible penalty for arm on the neck, in the face”.
The field referee reviewed the action at the moment of impact in a frozen manner and, subsequently, in slowed motion. With that shot he already considers that “the penalty is clear”. However, he asks you to see the play from another perspective to determine the degree of impact: “Give it to me with intensity because I want to assess the recklessness of the action.”
Once he finished watching the play both frozen and in motion, he conveyed his decision to Daniel Trujillo: «penalty and yellow card». After offering his assessment of the play, the VOR room confirmed that there was no offside in the play. In this way, Muñiz Ruiz declared the maximum penalty that the San Sebastian team transformed into the second goal.
After the arbitration decision to remove the yellow card to Marcaothe Sevilla coach opts to remove the Brazilian from the field of play. The player left the field visibly affected and after the whistles of his fans, who saw how the comeback was becoming even more complicated. After finishing the match, García Pimienta acknowledged in a press conference that this action had harmed the team: «The situation changed a lot as a result of the penalty. “He makes the mistake of putting his arm and it’s a penalty.”.
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