Jose Luis Munuera Montero was at the heart of the controversy at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday evening concerned, yet the referee believed that he made the right decision on the incident with Vinicius Junior and Geronimo Rulli.
An hour and a half after the game, he had seen the replays several times and felt that he could have given a penalty, but he gave what he saw and that the fall of the Real Madrid man wasn't convincing enough to award a spot kick.
That decision was justified when no-one in the VAR room, where Mario Melero Lopez was in charge, warned him to check the footage again.
VAR protocol says that the on-field referee should be notified when there is a "clearly erroneous decision", which explains the call made by those in Las Rozas as they felt there was enough doubt for it not to justify a review.
It was the same in the first half when Casemiro conceded a penalty and later on, when Sergio Ramos claimed one for a challenge by Asier Illarramendi.
The referee was left struggling to understand the critics, many of whom forgot that he may not have seen the penalty.
Even after watching the incident time and time again, Munuera Montero felt that he gave what he saw and that the ball moved in the direction that the ball go would, if the goalkeeper had got a touch.
What has shocked many referees is the reaction to old footage of Sunday's referee, when he was in the VAR room as an incorrectly disallowed goal was allowed to stand for Eibar against Madrid, leading to celebrations among the referees who alerted the on-field referee.
Hailing from Andalucia, it has been a challenging campaign in his first season after being promoted as a referee to Spain's top flight.
Pauvon10
0
Who r u to comment here.. Ohh i forgot.. Barka are going to bark everywhere πlol
Take one to know one
Pauvon10
0
Who r u to comment here.. Ohh i forgot.. Barka are going to bark everywhere πlol
That's was very funny. You should be a comedian.
jokowyuanisyoal
1
we should sign VAR to replace CR7
Geo2018
0
i dont think real madrid will win champions leageu this year .maybe this is the last time that madrid are in the champions legue .i dont know why perez dont bey a big name player
Madrid it broke with does tax frauds they been doing to the players.
Mewbloptu
0
i dont think real madrid will win champions leageu this year .maybe this is the last time that madrid are in the champions legue .i dont know why perez dont bey a big name player
lb2
0
that's how you suffer when u don't have a Ronaldo in your team . I wonder did modric won that balloon'd'or
well may the will cope of cr7 prevail
Cecbiost
1
that's how you suffer when u don't have a Ronaldo in your team . I wonder did modric won that balloon'd'or
no he did not he warded but a ballon chair.my friend dnt be stupid wen he was nominated fr the ballon dor i bet u he was at his best so respect the man fr archiving wat some having done in decades if say u dought him then where were those u did not dought so my friend don't be stupid and congratulate the man
lb2
1
that's how you suffer when u don't have a Ronaldo in your team . I wonder did modric won that balloon'd'or
mrunalshah
0
Who are you to make the decision?
Who r u to comment here.. Ohh i forgot.. Barka are going to bark everywhere πlol
mrunalshah
0
Who are you to make the decision?
Fan
kuaabiknty
0
the rope that honk baboon, will one day Hank monkey
Kopdy
1
var has no use
dehdklrz
1
Fifa mucht look good went the refree
Lezacpry
1
that's not fair last night disallowed gtafe scored and not give one pnelty whta.s mean this var
aniesky
1
How can the identify when the are still investigating Liverpool game
boibrandon
2
he kicked the ground and fall no pen , right decision ref
truth and respect are the most important things in life
Sawaeilos
0
VAR is working fine for Italians I like it Spain and English I don't know if there will manage
babafemi
4
No one in the VAR room? This is sad.
Meaacmouy
2
he kicked the ground and fall no pen , right decision ref
lariwell
0
I said this before and I will say it again, VAR was introduced in LALIGA just to promote FCB not other clubs like real Madrid. Since the introduction of VAR in Spanish top flight there has been no mistake in favor of FCB that has not been notic. Thank to VAR team, let them continue the favourable deal.
you are right
JohnHalamadrid
0
Even if the Penalty was awarded it would have still been a loss for Madrid either way..... It's long gone, no need to add Salt into Presh wounds... . PEACE ββββ
it was 1-0 at that point so no
JohnHalamadrid
0
Ref saw no penalty so did VAR. No penalty and thats it. Real madrid want to pin their poor perfomance on the ref and var. Its a shame
coming from a Liverpool fan thats really funny and Ironic
yeuelnpruz
3
Ref saw no penalty so did VAR. No penalty and thats it. Real madrid want to pin their poor perfomance on the ref and var. Its a shame
saymah
6
I said this before and I will say it again, VAR was introduced in LALIGA just to promote FCB not other clubs like real Madrid. Since the introduction of VAR in Spanish top flight there has been no mistake in favor of FCB that has not been notic. Thank to VAR team, let them continue the favourable deal.
RealMd13
3
ππ±π± If an opponent player breath at the face of any Barcelona player IN La LIGA Its a PK for Barca! But Vinicius jr went down after the GK took him down and the blind Refs give No PK! π
kitchen
3
He kicks the ground no? How is this a penalty?
FCBmessi
3
On live watch I was like clear penalty, Var will save them, at the first replay I was like "wtf no pen!?". Now after watching this 3-4times "briliant ref!".
jJustin
1
How useful can VAR be if they're hiring blind fucks to monitor it?
Rose01
0
Lol, you want a pen for that? He literally kicks his foot in the ground and falls over.
billiong
0
I mean really ref? He was right there and even if he didn't see it where the hell was VAR?
jayjayly
1
What's the point of having var in the game if the refs are too stubborn to even check it?
Luckubos
0
He accidentally kicks the grass and falls because of that...
wengero
0
there was another angle where it looked like he got a finger tip to the ball
Nuckcik
0
its a very clever dive, but still a dive
Oracleer
0
No pen on slow mo. Couldn't blame the ref if he actually whistled that on
DanielDawit16
0
it's not penality it's dive
inkabisst
0
He kicks his left foot into the ground. No pen
Roerdlizese
0
If only there was some kind of reviewing-system where the ref could take a second look on TV footage for things he called wrong
Pauvon10
0
He should be SUSPENDED for his bad decision....
Who are you to make the decision?
fuoabdkmty
1
the la liga VAR is all controlled by barcelona
Shadownet
0
Even if the Penalty was awarded it would have still been a loss for Madrid either way..... It's long gone, no need to add Salt into Presh wounds... . PEACE ββββ
fresh*
Shadownet
1
Even if the Penalty was awarded it would have still been a loss for Madrid either way..... It's long gone, no need to add Salt into Presh wounds... . PEACE ββββ
mrunalshah
2
He should be SUSPENDED for his bad decision....