Arturo Brizio, former president of the Arbitration Commission and whistler in countless national and international matches, put a cold shoulder to the controversy that has been generated around the work of the whistlers Oscar Mejia and Fernando Guerrero, in the Chivas vs. matches. Toluca and America vs. Pachucaconsidering that the work of the two referees was correct and considered that: “Nowhere do I see a black hand of the refereeing.”
Interviewed by telephone by The opinionBrizio explained that in the first instance the controversy that they want to start or The microphone specialists put together regarding the alleged illegality at the hands of América defender Ramón Juárez, it was a well-marked action and that even if it had been marked as a handball, simply the VAR would not have been able to take action because it was a foul outside the area.
“To begin the play of Pachuca vs. America is outside the area which prevents the VAR from intervening and Fernando Guerrero considers it accidental and it seems to me that the marking is correct. I agree with him that the handball is not going in an unnatural way, but something typical of the careers of the Pachuca and América players. Furthermore, it is a very quick rebound on the leg of a Pachuca player and I insist that it was not inside the area. “It inhibits the possibility of the VAR intervening,” said the referee specialist.
While that in the action of the hand of Pavel Pérez in the game of Chivas vs. Toluca, which was invalidated by the hands of the Chivas player, Brizio explained that: “While in Chivas’ play it is a play that if we start from the base, that the hand is accidental, as I believe it is accidental, the fact that he stopped it with his hand and that it would not be sanctioned if “The ball would have fallen to a teammate, but even with the takeoff of Carlos Orrantía, a Toluca player, who is very fast and hits him again, but it does not break the concept of immediacy, which would have validated it,” stood out.
And he added on this topic that: “Even with all that doubt, The reasoning is to know what the arbitration criteria will be like, although the question was whether the hand was voluntary, especially that either way does not break the concept of immediacy and the markings were correct.”
APPROVED
For that reason, When it came to globally analyzing the performance of whistlers Mejía and Guerrero, the former referee leader explained that: “I think that the refereeing, especially the refereeing of Óscar Mejía in Guadalajara Toluca is a very good refereeing. He is a referee who does not usually bring problems to the Referees Commission and in general he is a discreet guy, he is a guy who referees quite focused, he does not get carried away as they say.
He also added, now, about Fernando Guerrero that: “While in the other, in Pachuca vs. America, with the experience of Fernando Guerrero“There was nothing to criticize in his marking.”
Regarding an alleged slogan of helping America to be crowned champion by the Refereeing Commission, in small, almost imperceptible faults, but which end up adding up to a host of factors that are historically attributed to favoring the Eagles, Brizio said that: “Maybe the public can say it, normal people can be saying that.”
And he added that: “I wonder where they base it and what they say ends up being funny. It is also said about Real Madrid, It has also been said about great teams, but that there are indicators, that it is something palpable, because not everything exists, it remains an unverifiable mess, because so far there is no evidence to show that America is favored. “I think that after this I see no point in these types of rumors, these types of issues that I insist are not verifiable.”
QTo give more emphasis to his point of view, Brizio Carter, with extensive experience in this type of assumptions that have been attributed to arbitration for decades, He mentioned that: “I think that like in no other league, like in Liga MX, there is a great variety of champions, because about 20 years ago there have been 40 champions, including Atlas, so don’t come and tell me that one or the other team is taken care of. What I consider is that suddenly there are assessments, not precisely errors, but assessments that are in accordance with the rule and how good it is, since Pachuca’s play was well marked, but they insist that by not doing so, they ensure that the player is protected. America”.
THE VAR IS NOT OBSOLETE
Within the talk, youHe also rejected that Liga MX has an obsolete VAR system and that it does not meet the quality standards of other Leagues in the world, and that the money from the sanctions would have to be used to improve the technological tools of soccer refereeing in Mexico
“I don’t agree with that, because I insist where is the fault, they want the Hawk’s eye, we don’t have that money to buy it, “They want the chip on the ball, it doesn’t cost that much money either, all these technological implements are immensely more expensive, so the VAR that exists in Mexican soccer is a competitive VAR, which is used quite well,” he assured.
However, he also said that: “But the controversy will never end, because I insist, part of this is the ignorance of the commenter or the colors that feel affected by a decision of the bar, but in the end the decisions that have been made have been the correct ones. I would like someone to come and tell me that for a play or a team that has been left out and that has paid the fine or that has not qualified “Because of the refereeing, I assure you there isn’t any, so where is the famous spiel that refereeing is always guilty of, but I don’t see the referee’s hand for the worse anywhere in the tournament.”
Finally, he highlighted his judgments regarding the possible black hand of refereeing in the league: “I don’t know if it’s a black hand or a white hand, but the reality is that there is no arbitration more transparent than that of Mexico, because we see in other leagues like in Spain that everything has happened with decisions that you say, my God, and that they are just starting, but The issue here is hitting the arbitration to justify certain things. Therefore, my assessment is that the referees and the VAR have been widely competitive in the league.”
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