Collina admits that the penalty kick awarded to Portugal against Uruguay was a wrong decision

The punishment that Portugal beat Uruguay who made it 2-0, caused an uproar, with the Uruguayans protesting that José María Jimenez’s hand was a support and therefore a penalty should not be awarded.

Alireza Faghani asked for play to continue, and the VAR referee called him to see the stage and reversed his original decision, winning a penalty. CONMEBOL President Alejandro Domínguez expressed his displeasure with the decision, and FIFA Referees Committee Chairman Pierluigi Collina admitted that it was a wrong decision.

Eduardo Ash Characteristic the following Concerning punishment and waiver:It’s an issue that Alonso (President of Uruguay’s FA) discussed with Alejandro Dominguez and that undoubtedly affects because one has seen some decisions where the VAR should be involved and they don’t.

In this case, the referee was right and the video assistant referee called him and made a bad decision. The CONMEBOL president himself spoke to Collina and ended up admitting that it was a bad decision“.

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