"Youngster Claudio Echeverri, on loan from Manchester City, stepped on Jules Kounde, leaving him on the ground in the same attacking phase that led to Beltran's goal that clinched the victory for Girona. The controversy arose because VAR did not intervene after on-field referee Cesar Soto Grado chose not to signal anything. Viewed from every angle, the stamp appears clear, and the goal should not have stood, and although some still argue that there was no foul."
"When questioned by the channel's journalists, Echeverri said: "I don't know, I didn't see the replay. Do you have it there?" Once they showed it to him, the Argentinian said: "Yes, I stepped on him. The thing is, I was coming at speed, and it was unintentional. If the referee had called a foul, I would have understood.""
Girona won 2-1 against FC Barcelona at Estadi Montilivi, with Fran Beltran scoring the decisive goal. In the attacking phase that produced the winner, Claudio Echeverri stepped on Jules Kounde and left him on the ground. The on-field referee Cesar Soto Grado did not signal a foul and VAR did not intervene, allowing the goal to stand. Echeverri later admitted on camera that he stepped on Kounde, calling it unintentional due to speed and saying he would have understood a foul call. The Referees Technical Committee acknowledged that VAR should have intervened. The result leaves Barcelona two points behind Real Madrid.
Read at Barca Universal
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