Colombia could have beaten Brazil for the second consecutive time, but a serious error made by the head referee of the Copa América 2024 match, Jesús Valenzuela, deprived the team led by Néstor Lorenzo of this. In the end, the 1-1 result benefited the tricolor and was fair, so that they went through as the best in Group D with 7 points.
However, there was a bitter taste in the retina, due to Davinson Sánchez’s goal, which he legitimately scored before the 20th minute. The world press said about this action: “WORLD SCANDAL…!!! In Brazil-Colombia, the VAR incorrectly drew the lines on the player who was not the author of the goal…”, wrote the Spanish journalist, Cristóbal Soria.
Goal disallowed for the Colombian National Team in the 2024 Copa América. | Photo: X Diario Olé
“Once again CONMEBOL favors the Brazilians, this time by disallowing a clear goal by the Colombians…!!!” he added to his displeasure at what happened against the Colombian National Team, which, fortunately, did not lead to any major problems in the final result for Colombia’s interests.
TyC Sports was another of the media outlets worldwide that sided with the Colombian team and, explaining the play, said: “THE CONTROVERSIAL OFFSIDE FOR WHICH COLOMBIA’S GOAL WAS DISMISSED The VAR drew the lines from Córdoba’s position, when it had been Davinson Sánchez who scored the 1-1 against Brazil.”
Sudanalytics, a profile dedicated to the exhaustive analysis of data and information on South American football, added: “The VAR IMAGE of the DISMISSED GOAL for Colombia against Brazil in the Copa América. They took the knee of Córdoba, a player who DOES NOT HEAD and does not seem to interfere in the play either.”
MARCA, in Spain, described what happened at the Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, as a “mess”: “The MESS in the VAR of Brazil-Colombia: The goal, disallowed for offside, was scored by Davinson Sánchez (23). However, the video referee drew the line on Jhon Córdoba (24).”
Davinson Sánchez scored for Colombia, but his goal against Brazil was disallowed | Photo: Colprensa.
“A shame”
The Var Central, an account specialising in refereeing, was one of the few to point out that the decision was correct: “Milimétrico, but apparently it is offside by Davinson Sánchez. The cut of the pitch seems to me to help a little to determine the illegal position of the Colombian. We are still waiting for the lines to be drawn.”
“In this ‘take’ it seems that they did draw the line for Davinson Sánchez. The system they are using is still a disgrace. We will have to wait for the audios to be released to understand the VAR’s procedure,” he said about another perspective that was given in the videos of the broadcast.
“Photo that Leider Cano kindly sent me and that shows Davinson Sánchez’s offside. It’s not ideal to end up doing analysis with cell phone shots, but this one is pretty good and better than the ones that Conmebol shows us,” they concluded based on an image taken by an attendee at the Levi’s stadium.
2024-07-03 04:30:46
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