This said the VAR in the goal annulled to Yerry Mina against Ecuador

Conmebol published this Friday morning the audios of the VAR in the controversial match between Colombia and Ecuador for qualifying.

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A tie that was not in the accounts of Colombia. The obligation of the tricolor was to beat Ecuador in local condition to place third and be a little calmer in the remaining way in the qualifying rounds to Qatar 2022.

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This Friday, after the goalless draw between Colombia and Ecuador, Conmebol published the VAR audios with the controversial plays that were presented at the Metropolitan Stadium in Barranquilla.

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Diego Haro, a Peruvian referee, had to resort to VAR on several occasions. The first of them was in the penalty that the central judge had decreed in favor of Ecuador after an apparent infraction by Gustavo Cuéllar, who after the match criticized the referee's handling of the commitment.

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Playoffs | VAR review | Colombia vs Ecuador | Minute 74

The second audio of the VAR was that of the goal that Yerry Mina scored in the 98th minute, a few seconds after the end of the commitment, and that ended up being annulled by a hand that the Colombian defender accidentally committed and that, according to the rule, must be sanctioned immediately for being a derivative play in a touchdown.

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"Casual hand with imminence, but hand, according to the rule," said the VAR. Haro, upon seeing the videos, assured that: "I am going to change my decision, Mina's hand, but without a card."

Playoffs | VAR review | Colombia vs Ecuador | Minute 98

With this tie, Colombia reached 16 points and placed fourth, because Uruguay, which has the same points, has a goal difference of -3, while the tricolor is at 0.

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