Fermín's stunning goal meant 5-3. But the refereeing team searched and searched until they found a way to disallow the goal.
In the previous play, VAR saw how a clearance from a Real Madrid player hit Fermín's arm. No problem if minutes earlier the same referee and the same VAR acted in the opposite way in favor of Real Madrid.
The two measuring sticks for Tchouaméni and Fermín
A shot inside the area by Ferran collided with Tchouaméni's raised arm, deflecting its trajectory when it was going toward the goal.
They then understood that the arm position was natural and there was no intent. But with Fermín, the intent was total.
The most curious part of the case is what is discovered in the audios. A "thank goodness" that exposes those who still claim that Negreira plays in this league.
Martínez Munuera made Alejandro Hernández Hernández see that there was a handball in Fermín's goal. "Thank goodness," said the Canarian referee.
"Thank goodness..."
This was the verbatim conversation between them:
- Martínez Munuera: "Listen to me Alex, we just detected a handball, okay? Come see it, please."
- An unknown voice: "With the height, thank goodness. Yes, yes, totally."
- Hernández Hernández: "Okay, perfect, continue, it hits the hand, yes. The ball is going to go, and now give me a wide shot to see the whole action, let's see how it ends. Okay, perfect, the hand is clearly up, I'm going to cancel the goal."
Everyone was happy. Especially Real Madrid TV. Hernández Hernández is the same referee who took a league away from Barça and gave it to Real Madrid.
Of course, the "thank goodness" didn't appear subtitled in LaLiga's images.
The goal that Hernández Hernández disallowed to take a league away from Barça
It was in the 2017-18 season. Luis Suárez scored a legal goal. The ball went almost a meter inside Betis's goal.
But Hernández Hernández preferred to look elsewhere. He didn't award the goal, and Barça drew a match they would have won if not for the Negreira referee.
In the last clásico, Hernández Hernández has returned to his old ways. In Madrid, they will continue complaining that the referees harm Real Madrid.