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Technical failures in the VAR delayed the review of the penalty in Xolos vs. America


About five minutes were lost so that the referee Fernando Hernández could go to the monitor to check the foul by Jorge Sánchez on Pedro Alexis Canelo

The WAS was the protagonist from the first minutes of the match between Xolos and America of Day 4 of Opening 2022.

Lisandro López overtook Tijuana from the spot penal after a foul by Jorge Sánchez on Pedro Alexis Canelo.

In the first instance, the referee Fernando Hernandez did not point out the maximum penalty and that was when the technical problems arose in the video arbitrationsince the game stopped for about five minutes, but the whistle did not come to the monitor because it was not working properly.

Minutes passed with the match stopped and players from both teams claimed Hernández when they finally managed to solve the technical failures on the monitor and the central referee went to see the repetition of the play to signal the maximum penalty with which the scoring was opened in the Caliente Stadium.

Faced with this situation, the ESPN arbitration analyst, Felipe Ramos Rizo, criticized that the WAS take so long to determine the action and resume the match actions: “5 minutes delayed the resumption of the match to decide what is penal“.

America He needs to come back in search of returning to the path of victory since he is coming off two defeats, against Chelsea and Manchester City, in his tour of friendly matches in the United States against European teams. After this duel Tijuana, Fernando Ortiz’s team will return to US territory to face Real Madrid next week. In the Opening 2022 adds a win, a draw and a loss before this duel on the border.

For its part, the group led by Ricardo Valiño is looking for its first victory of the tournament after a draw and two defeats.

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