🚨 Official Announcement by the Referees' Technical Committee (CTA) on the foul against Kylian Mbappé during the Girona game:
The Referees' Technical Committee considers the play to be reckless; due to the defender's use of his arm, which ended up colliding with the attacker's face during the challenge.
The defender, with his arm extended backward to gain space after being dribbled by the attacker, struck the attacker's face in a reckless manner, creating an obstacle for the attacker who lost the opportunity to continue with the ball that was within his reach.
Therefore, according to the Committee's opinion, this situation was eligible to be awarded as a penalty kick.
Since we are discussing a case that relies heavily on "interpretation and personal judgment," and there is no clear, explicit, and evident error in the decision made by the on-field referee, the "VAR" report acted correctly by NOT intervening.
And according to the "VAR" protocol, intervention for review is only when there is irrefutable, indisputable evidence that allows for the correction of a completely wrong decision.