Why did VAR deny Benzema’s goal: Is Real Madrid forced?

The Champions League final 2021/22 takes place attractively with many remarkable situations created by Liverpool. However, Real Madrid showed his dirty old age when with just a little opening of the opponent, Los Blancos brought the ball into the net of Liverpool.

Karim Benzema’s goal was disallowed for offside

In the 43rd minute, Alaba hit the ball deep into the penalty area for Karim Benzema to speed up, facing goalkeeper Alisson. The first phase of the French striker’s handling was not satisfactory, however, after a faltering situation, the ball was pushed to Valverde’s position. A chaotic situation took place in front of the Liverpool goal before the ball changed direction to Benzema position. This time, Real Madrid’s No. 1 striker coldly laid an empty net.

However, Karim Benzema’s goal was not recognized by the referee Clement Turpin for offside (the referee raised the flag for the error). Of course, this decision of the “black king” was opposed by Real Madrid. VAR technology is immediately used to check the accuracy of the whistle from the referee. After checking very carefully, the referee still decided not to recognize the goal for Real Madrid.

This seems to be a “confusing” situation for the White Vulture fans because, in the situation where Karim Benzema put the ball in the net of Liverpool, he was even standing below the opponent’s goalkeeper but still above a defender. lining??? Besides, the slow-motion camera angles seem to show that it was not Valverde who touched the ball, sending the ball to Benzema’s position but Liverpool’s Fabinho(?)

According to the offside rule, a player is considered to be in an offside position when the following 4 conditions are simultaneously satisfied:

That player stands in the opponent’s half of the field.

There are less than 2 opposing players standing between him and the opponent’s end goal line to the ball.

He must be in front of the ball (In the direction of the attack)

In the first 3 conditions, the goalkeeper is counted as an opponent’s player, although the goalkeeper is usually the lowest position in the team, but at any time it is not necessary that the goalkeeper is one of the two players. final opponent.

The situation where Benzema received the ball and scored was determined by the referee team to be in an offside position.

In the case of Benzema, he was just above the last Liverpool defender in front of goal and below Van Dijk when receiving the ball from Valverde.

Besides, the crux of the problem is that it was Valverde’s effort to pass the ball that determined this situation – in the context of a relatively sensitive camera angle when it was difficult to clearly determine who Valverde or Fabinho was. who touches the ball, sends the ball towards Benzema. And so, the referees will have a basis to decide that Benzema was in an offside position – in other words, Real Madrid’s goal was disallowed.

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