Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid played another fascinating meeting on Saturday, while they traveled 1-1 in the Santiago Bernabeu. As expected, there was also a considerable amount of controversial moments, in which two in particular grabbed the headlines.
The first flash point took place halfway through the first half. When disputing for a ball, Athleti -midfielder Pablo Barrios had stood his ankle by Real Madrid opposite Dani Ceballos, who received a yellow card for the infringement by referee Cesar Soto Grado.
Ex-Referee Eduardo Iturral Gonzalez, however, told Cadena Ser (via Diario axis) that he believes that this call was wrong and that Real Madrid should have been reduced to 10 men.
“It's a red card, because Ceballos does not go to the ball. He is clearly going to step on him and turns his right leg to step. For me VAR should have intervened because it is a red card. “
ITurralde Gonzalez also spoke about the decision to grant a penalty to Atletico Madrid, which led to that Julian Alvarez opened the score. On this occasion he believes that Soto Grado has made the right decision.
“It's a fine. The CTA, who is the one who determines the referee's criteria, says that stepping on an opponent in the area in a dispute for the ball is a penalty. A few hours ago Athletic's 1-0 (against Girona) came because of another stump.
“Here we can't talk about a remaining penalty, because the Atletico player cannot continue in the attacking phase because of that stump. The ball was still in the area and in possession of the Simeone team and after that stump you leave the player without a chance to finish. “
Based on this, Atletico Madrid may count himself unhappy that they did not benefit a man for the vast majority of procedures in the Bernabeu. Nevertheless, they will be satisfied with the result, where Real Madrid will probably have fallen as two points.
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