Atletico Madrid seemed to have taken full control over their heavyweight collision from La Liga against Barcelona, when Alexander Sorloth made it six games that scored against the Catalan giants. Barcelona, and in particular Pedri, were furious, but the goal was not deposited by VAR.
Sorloth converted in an open goal, after Conor Gallagher had defeated Barcelona's offside trap and the everywhere for the Big Norwegian quadrafulated to do what he is doing best this season: score of the bank. It gave Los Colchoneros a lead of two goals about Barcelona for the first time in their three encounters this season.
While the Metropolitano broke out, Barcelona protested furiously. After Pedri had previously played a pass in the move, it was intercepted by Rodrigo de Paul. The moment Barcelona claimed the mistake, but their calls fell on deaf ears.
As soon as the goal had entered, their protests were resumed, with Pedri Appelectic. After VAR, however, had assessed the incident, the goal was. Although the handball was clear, the decisions were not given because of the rules on how far back VAR can intervene.
After Atletico had cleared the ball, Barcelona got the possession briefly before it lost the ball again. It was considered a separate attacking action, according to relevant, and so VAR could not recommend to revise the referee the action.
The handball was pretty clear, and although the referee might have had to pick it up in real time, there were still a number of actions between it and Sorloth scoring, where Barcelona had sufficient opportunity to keep the ball or to defend the attack. Although the VAR system has not been short of criticism of inconsistencies, it is logical that there is a status of limitations about how far back incidents can be revised.
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