Un día tenía que pasar. La fenomenal racha de Cruz Azul sin derrotas murió en el estadio Nemesio Diez del Toluca, en el partido de ida de los cuartos de final del Guard1anes 2021. La caída por 2 a 1 no estuvo exenta de controversia, debido a que se gestó a través de dos penales que, para un espectador neutral, fueron cobros generosos por parte del árbitro Marco Antonio Ortiz.
Handed the opportunity to return to the LaLiga summit for the first time since the conclusion of Matchday 4, Real Madrid stumbled to a 2-2 draw at home against Sevilla to hand control back to Atlético with only three games remaining.
Arbitrar partidos de fútbol y atender clientes en su farmacia. Esas son las principales actividades en la vida de Riem Hussein, la jueza designada por la UEFA para impartir justicia en la final de la Champions League Femenina. El partido será el próximo domingo 16 de mayo y tendrá a Barcelona enfrentando a Chelsea, en un duelo que determinará a un campeón inédito en la historia de la competencia.
Sevilla kept itself in the LaLiga title race by defeating Granada 2-1 at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán on Sunday, although Spain’s fourth-place side had to withstand late pressure following Roberto Soldado’s penalty and hold out for not one, but two full-time whistles.
Ivan Rakitić gave Sevilla a 1-0 lead from the spot in the 16th minute, and Lucas Ocampos made it 2-0 in the 53rd off a feed from Papu Gómez. However, in the 90th minute, the VAR spotted a Marcos Acuña handball and Soldado said game on with four minutes of stoppage time to play.
El libro de anécdotas del fútbol añadió esta tarde una nueva historia al capítulo de lo surrealista y lo desopilante. Todo gracias a Burgos Bengoetxea, árbitro del Sevilla vs Granada, en la jornada 33 de LaLiga 2021.
Let’s just rename the “hockey assist” — where a player assists the assist — the Pulisic assist after Christian Pulisic helped create another goal on Saturday. The American provided the pass that Ben Chilwell sent across for Timo Werner to slot home for the match winner as Chelsea scored a massive 1-0 win over West Ham. Sadly, the match was marred by an absolutely ludicrous Fabián Balbuena red card in the final 10 minutes.
Friday night’s Sporting KC-Orlando City match had a little bit of everything for VAR haters, with three goals disallowed, two by the VAR. But VAR giveth and VAR taketh: An incredible Nani goal was initially ruled offside, but the VAR reversed the decision as the Portuguese star gave the visitors a 1-1 draw on Friday in Kansas City, Kansas.
Había niveles altos de expectativa para el Clásico Joven. Más allá de la rivalidad natural entre el América y el Cruz Azul, la gran pregunta era si La Máquina podía seguir extendiendo su racha de victorias consecutivas o si el América era capaz de detenerla. Al final fue lo último: el duelo terminó en un opaco 1-1 y tuvo como gran protagonista al VAR, ya que ambos goles vinieron por penales sancionados a través del sistema de videoarbitraje.
¿Fueron o no fueron penales? Si bien la tecnología dio su veredicto, la polémica no amaina.
BUCHAREST - Romanian assistant referee Octavian Sovre's decision to ask Borussia Dormund striker Erling Haaland to autograph his yellow and red cards raised some eyebrows but the charity that is set to benefit from a cash boost is not complaining.
"The red and yellow-signed cards which my kindergarten classmate Octavian donated to our SOS Autism Bihor center will be used for a noble cause," Simona Zlibut, who oversees a therapy center set up by parents, told Reuters.
Zlibut's own 21-year-old daughter is autistic and she says the center depends on donations.
The Concacaf Champions League kicked off Tuesday night and it didn’t take long to remember why Concacaf can very much be used as a verb or adjective to describe weird shit happening. While the call was the right one in the end, it appeared the referee may have been swayed to give the Brad Guzan red card because of the protests from players on the other team.