It is not, by any means, the Conference League dreamed of by Real Betis. The green and white team, after adding just four points in the first four days of the competition, arrived in Moldova this Thursday with the need for victory, but in the first time they had, the VAR knocked them down: the controversial goal disallowed for Cedric Bakambu.
The half hour of play had not yet arrived and with Real Betis completely stuck, Llorente would get an excellent ball into the hole for Cedric Bakambu. The striker, alone for almost the first time, came out at speed and despite the fact that the Petrocub goalkeeper seemed to have the advantage, The former Besiktas player put his head in and took the ball before scoring at will.
The play seemed completely legal, there was no offside or supposed foul in the absence of protests from the locals, but the referee quickly whistled for an infraction by the striker.
Despite the striker’s explanations and the lack, at least public, of clear images of the action, the VAR review, which did not last more than a minute, would end up annulling the goal and leaving the score tied.
Bakambu, despite everything, almost missed the goal
It didn’t happen, but it could have been totally comical. After the controversial action, the goalkeeper did not protest and Bakambu, it seems, was not too convinced either.
The African attacker collected the ball very calmly and practically walked to the line, a situation that allowed the goalkeeper to recover and almost collect the ball before scoring.
Finally, Bakambu would push the ball into the net with complete calm, although everything that happened would be of no use since, as we said, both the referee and the VAR decided to annul the situation.
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