– Real Madrid’s match against Real Sociedad in the last round of La Liga sparked widespread controversy due to two controversial penalties awarded to Vinicius Junior, especially the second one, which the Technical Arbitration Committee (CTA) admitted was a clear mistake.
According to reports, the Brazilian fell before defender Aramburu could touch him, and the video assistant referee (VAR) led by Trujillo Suarez should have called referee Hernandez Masiu to review the footage and overturn the decision. However, this did not happen, making the error officially recognised, which is rare for the committee.
On the other hand, the referees upheld the first penalty and considered the lack of review to be correct due to actual contact between the player and the defender, while the VAR referee may face internal disciplinary action after failing to intervene, without any details being made public.
