Celta coach angry after penalty not called

Real Madrid came close to disaster against Celta de Vigo this Wednesday evening. If the Merengues managed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the King’s Cup, still having to go through extra time after a completely failed end to the match, the scenario of this meeting could have been very different. In the 37th minute, at the start of the action during which Kylian Mbappé opened the scoring, Andriy Lunin hooked Williot Swedberg in the penalty area. It seemed obvious that a penalty should have been awarded to the Galicians, but in the end, the Madrilenians saw their goal validated. A decision that does not pass for Claudio Giraldez.

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At a press conference, the Celta coach did not hide his dissatisfaction with this fact of the game. The 36-year-old technician nevertheless did not wish to enter into the controversy: “ This is a decisive action, obviously. It is a decision of the referee and the VAR, and it must be respected. » The one trained at the White House as a player nevertheless used a little irony to show his exasperation: “ I am a young coach and I still need to learn how VAR works, because I don’t understand how it works. » One thing is certain, this action has not stopped talking in Spain.