Carlo Ancelotti comments on VAR controversy after Vinicius Junior handball goal

Carlo Ancelotti has insisted that the choices that controversially went in Actual Madrid’s favour in a win over Almeria have been the proper calls by the referee.

Madrid had been anticipated to brush apart Almeria, who sit on the foot of the La Liga desk and with no win all season, with relative ease, nonetheless the house facet went behind inside 40 seconds of the primary whistle, earlier than conceding as soon as once more previous to half-time.

A sea of adjustments on the interval helped flip the tide of the sport, with Los Blancos ultimately profitable 3-2 because of targets from Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior and a 99th minute faucet in from Dani Carvajal.

Together with tactical adjustments making a distinction for Ancelotti’s facet, Madrid have been additionally the benefactors of three seemingly jubious calls from referee Francisco Jose Hernandez Maeso.

The primary of which was the choice to award Madrid a penalty for a handball within the penalty space – a penalty which Bellingham duly transformed. Shortly afterward, Almeria had thought they’d restored their two-goal benefit, nonetheless a VAR test noticed the objective be chalked off for a supposed foul on Bellingham within the build-up.

The third resolution was maybe probably the most egregious error of all, with the referee opting to permit a Vinicius Junior objective stand regardless of replays displaying the ball hitting off his elbow earlier than nestling within the backside nook of the web.

When requested in regards to the selections after the sport, Ancelotti insisted his perception that every one three selections have been appropriate:

“I perceive Almeria’s anger with the VAR selections, however I feel they have been all effectively determined,” stated Ancelotti.

“I’ve seen them. I feel the referee made the correct resolution, not VAR. VAR warned him and he determined. And I feel he was proper.”

The win sees Actual Madrid stay inside one level of shock La Liga leaders Girona atop of the desk, with the pair set to face off in an enormous sport in mid-February.

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