This is one of the controversial actions of the first period of the Champions League shock between Paris Saint-Germain and FC Barcelona. In the 33rd minute, Frenkie de Jong was guilty of a large sole from behind on Nuno Mendes. Sanctioned with a yellow card by the referee of the match, the batavian midfielder should have seen red according to the former Spanish referee Iturralde González.
“De Jong risked big. If the Var had called the referee, it would not have been surprising. It is an action that escapes the Var, because the referee considered that it was an accidental kick during a backward race. These actions, if you put yourself on the ground, are sanctioned 100 % by the Var of a red card, because you no longer control your body or your strength on the action ”he said in the columns of AS. A opinion shared by the MarcaPérez Burrull. “”The action of the midfielder of FC Barcelona is sufficiently dangerous and without the possibility of playing the ball, to deserve a red card».
