Marca talks about the reason why VAR is not involved: Courtois is far from the goal, Militon is not that close

September 15th The Spanish referee Technical Committee admitted that Heysen's red card was a misjudgment and that the VAR referee on duty would be suspended. In this regard, "Marca" wrote an article to analyze the reasons why the VAR referee did not intervene in the red card penalty.

At the Arnoeta Stadium, referee Manzano's decision to send Real Madrid centre-back Heisen directly with a red card has caused widespread controversy. This penalty is based on Heisen being considered the last defender and the opposition undermined Oyasawar's obvious goal opportunity.

However, what made Real Madrid most angry was that VAR did not intervene, which prevented the referee from reevaluating the decision by watching the video. Therefore, not only Manzano, but VAR referee Vazquez also became the focus. He decided not to remind the referee to watch the video replay, which led to the controversial penalty not being corrected.

According to the analysis of "Marca", there are two factors that may lead to VAR's final failure to intervene. First, Courtois is far away from the goal, which provides Oyasawar with the opportunity to lift the goal in a long distance. Secondly, Militon did not seem so close and could not intervene in time to prevent the other party from forming a one-on-one situation with Courtois.