This Monday morning, the Madrid sports dailies AS and Marca are shooting at Munuera Montero, referee of the Real Madrid-Sevilla FC match (2-2), who awarded a penalty for a hand in the area of Militao. If the Merengue defender lets his arm hang out, he is nonetheless back to the game and jumps back. The Madrid staff therefore plead for involuntary action on the part of the Brazilian. The problem lies above all in the timing of the referee: this hand is first not whistled by the referee who lets play continue without consulting the VAR directly. The Madrilenians grab the ball, counter-attack and Benzema is stopped by Bono as he streaked alone towards the goal. The Moroccan goalkeeper comes to get the ball in his feet making a big mistake.But Munuera Montero does not whistle for a foul and decides to consult the VAR for the first penalty claimed by the Sevillians. He finally awarded Sevilla a penalty for Militao's hand, erasing the one that had just happened. Rakitic grabs the ball and shoots it perfectly into Thibault Courtois' left top corner: 2-1 for the Blanquirojos.
Portada @marca de mañana
"La jugada que cambia @LaLiga"
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- Tiempo de Juego (@tjcope) May 9, 2021
This questionable decision in the eyes of Madrid supporters is not the only one of the meeting.
From the start of the match, Benzema scored in the 12th minute, heading a beautiful cross from Odriozola.
Only the goal is reviewed by the VAR, which sees the foot of the Basque right side slightly exceed and therefore out of play.
The goal is canceled.
The Madrid press also recall that the first Sevillian goal comes after a whistled free kick for a very slight foul by Casemiro.
At the end of the match, Zidane admits “not understanding” the referee's decision on the action of the penalty.
“If there is a hand, there is indeed a hand from Militao but there is also a hand from Seville.
What the referee told me did not convince me.
Normally I never talk about this, but today I'm a little angry, ”he explains.
Kroos also went to talk to the referee at the end of the match to have an explanation.
On his Instagram account, Dani Carvajal commented "What a shame!"
right after the decision.
A sequence that also made Gérard Piqué react.
On Twitter, the Catalan defender responds to images on Spanish television showing Kroos and Zidane complaining to the referee at the final whistle: "People can understand each other by talking."
Hablando gets along with the gente.
- Gerard Piqué (@ 3gerardpique) May 9, 2021
For the Madrid press, these multiple decisions, which also echo others during the championship, may cost Real Madrid the title.
The two dailies obviously choose the photo of Militao's hand in its surface to illustrate their words.
For Marca, Militao's hand is “the action that rocks La Liga”.
AS title him with a pun on this famous action of the Brazilian defender: "Real Madrid loses the hand" in the race for the title.
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