By Edgardo Avelar
The Referees Commission and the Liga MX They find themselves in the eye of the hurricane again after an initially unknown person entered the VAR cabin to try to change the decision of a play in the Atlético San Luis vs. match. pumas, in a clear violation of the regulations.
The action has gone viral after the publication on social networks of the moment where this individual enters It is assured that he is the head of the Referees Commission, the Argentine Horacio Elizondo, seeking to change the decision of the whistler Luis Alfredo García in the duel between Las Tunas and university students that ended with the CDMX squad wanting.
The action of this character could have gone unnoticed, but after his presence was shown on video, questions immediately arose about respect for the competition regulations and that of the VAR itself. where the presence of any person other than the whistlers designated for this work is strictly prohibited.
In Appendix IV, section C, article 4 of the Liga MX competition regulations, it is established that: “Only the referee and the video assistants will be the people authorized to come into contact with the VAR.” Later it is mentioned: “No official, in accordance with the definitions set forth in this Regulation, may come into contact with any of the members of the VAR.”
For this reason, the presence of Horacio Elizondo on this site has generated a lot of controversy, since it is considered that the fundamental head of arbitration in Mexico is the one who should lead by example and not resort to this type of attitudes or decisions that only damage the credibility of the refereeing work of Aztec soccer
The controversial play
In the video circulating on social networks it can be seen that the play in question is the one that generated Pumas’ second goal in the 85th minute, when the whistler García Rodríguez marked a foul inside the area, but when reviewed by the Video Referee Assistance, it was determined that the foul was outside the area and that it gave way to Jordan Carrillo’s great goal for the 2-0 to want of the university students.
The incredible thing about the case is that Horacio Elizondo, if his identity is proven, should have been more cautious when trying to give an order and not detract from the authority of his subordinates who were performing a function and who themselves had responsibility for their decisions.
But with his actions he only made the refereeing trio look bad, but also the entire union they represent for having incurred a serious offense by entering a restricted area without permission. Now we will have to wait for the outcome of this situation in a medium as reviled and criticized as arbitration.
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