Although in football Honduras has not approved the VAR nor is there the necessary technology to apply it, in the final in between Olympia and Marathon In the National Stadium there has been a controversial action in which the referee quartet made a decision on an external recommendation from a box.
This has been confirmed by the coaches of Olympia and Marathon in the respective press conferences they held at the end of the meeting.
And it is that at minute 57 Jonathan Paz scored a goal That caused confusion, as at the moment of touching the ball there was only one Marathon defender on the goal line since goalkeeper Denovan Torres had come out to avoid a shot at his goal.
According to rule 11, “a player will be in an offside position if: he is closer to the opponent’s goal line than the ball and the PENULTIMATE opponent.”
The line Cristian Ramirez initially he ran to the center of the field to validate the goal, but then he withdrew and it is here where the Argentinianor Pedro Troglio I confirm that ‘they have taken out the VARFrom there (off the field) they were warned, it has been canceled well and it seems to me that it was already validated, it’s a bit crazy, but it’s okay, that’s it, the 2-0 is a not inconsiderable result.
Vargas also reported, “The good there was VAR, they reported through the VAR and canceled it “.