The CTA Believes the VAR Should Have Intervened Due to the Referee's Error on the Penalty to Mbappé

The CTA and VAR 

The Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) stated on Wednesday that VAR should have intervened due to a clear and manifest error by the referee in awarding a penalty for Prati's challenge on Kylian Mbappé, which gave Real Madrid a 1-0 lead against Racing on the latest LaLiga matchday.

In the 'Tiempo de Revisión' segment, the CTA analysed the 10th-minute incident in which referee José Luis Munuera awarded a penalty after Mbappé "controlled the ball inside the box and tried to get away" and Prati "put his arm across without applying any force".

"It is not a penalty. Clear absence of cause and effect. Clear and manifest error by the referee, VAR should have intervened," the CTA concluded on the incident, which was heavily questioned by the home team after the Racing Club-Real Madrid match (0-3).

The disallowed Getafe goal and the Basque derby penalty

Within matchday 11 of LaLiga EA Sports, the CTA also analysed the play that led to Getafe's second goal against Sevilla (3-1) in the 73rd minute, when the game was tied (1-1), and considered that VAR should not have intervened after referee Víctor García disallowed the goal for a previous foul by Getafe player Andrés García, flagged by the assistant.

"Andrés García tries to dribble past Manu Bueno and the forward makes contact with his arm on the defender's face. Cause and effect with a high interpretive load. The referee's decision should prevail. VAR should not have intervened," it ruled.

Regarding the penalty awarded in the Basque derby Athletic Club-Real Sociedad (2-1) for a challenge by Aramburu on Nico Williams (46th minute) that made it 2-1 for the Bilbao side, the CTA noted that VAR "confirmed the penalty based on the information provided by the technology".

"The defender goes to ground to challenge for the ball; if Aramburu had cleared the ball, it would not be a penalty, but did Aramburu clear the ball? The Kinexon technology recorded a last wave when Nico Williams touched the ball and recorded no further waves from that moment on. When the system registers the last wave, there is a gap between the defender's boot and the ball. VAR confirmed the penalty based on the information provided by the technology," it stated.

The CTA's backing of VAR in Villarreal-Espanyol and the Hypermotion incidents

The CTA also backed VAR's intervention for a clear and manifest error by referee José María Sánchez in Villarreal-Espanyol (0-1) to disallow Roberto's goal for Espanyol (48th minute).

"With the ball not in dispute, Roberto blatantly grabs Pau Navarro's shirt. The hold clearly limits his movement and takes him out of the defensive action. It is a foul and a yellow card for unsporting behaviour. There was a clear and manifest error by the referee. VAR was right to intervene," it said.

The CTA analysed three other incidents from matchday 12 of LaLiga Hypermotion and considered that VAR acted correctly in intervening in Real Sociedad B-Girona (1-0) to award a penalty and a red card to David López for serious rough play, excessive force and risk of injury.

It also felt that the referee in Albacete-Sabadell (2-1) was right to show Corpas a red card for a kick to an opponent's head with excessive force, and that VAR was right not to intervene in Burgos-Castellón (1-1) after the referee's decision to show Matías Orozco a red card for a challenge with excessive force in which it concluded there was a "high interpretive load". EFE

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