wiseone wrote:
I thought the introduction of VAR would finally end the criminal conspiracy that masquerades as refereeing in La Liga. Sadly not...
Last week Girona put in a gritty display against Real Madrid and went 1-0 up. Of course this is La Liga. Girona did not read the script, nor did they realise they are not suppose to win against Madrid. So the ref decided to let them know how things work around here. Asensio ran past a Girona defender, fell over after heavy contact from a blade of grass and
the ref amazingly gave a penalty to Real even though no Girona defender touched Asensio. The VAR reviewed the footage, saw there was no contact - yet still let the penalty stand!

Of course Ramos scored from the spot to make it 1-1 just before HT.
Then in the 48th minute
Benzema scored from an offside position. Again, the VAR saw the slow mo/still footage, saw Benzema in an offside position - yet still allowed the goal to stand! 
If you do not believe me, see:
http://www.beinsports.com/us/laliga/vid ... var/963339It becomes really hard to watch La Liga with this kind of refereeing nonsense. What is the point of VAR if all it does is reinforce the bad refereeing in Barca and Madrid games? It must be so demoralising for other teams.
They should rename this thread to the Real Madrid Haters Club rant thread.
There are genuine instances of injustice where big teams are allowed to screw over little teams, but this match was not one of the cases and rants like yours Wiseone are not wise.
I ask fair minded people to look at the calls and make up their own minds using this extended highlights:
4:40 Penalty Video replay clearly shows there was contact on Ascensio's left leg. He does sell it though, but that is his job. There was contact, so it was a penalty, plain and simple.
11:18 Not Offside!On first view, I agree Benzema looks offside. However VAR clearly shows he might have been ahead of the defense, but he was still behind the ball. Not Off Side.
I am not saying there is no corruption or favoritism in football. I am just saying the examples you gave are not helping your case.
BTW, as I predicted, Bale has started the season on a tear!
What I didnt see coming though is Benzema's start to the season. Leading La Liga scoring charts? Who would have thought life without CR7 could be so liberating...