A large number of fans expressed their indignation, after the goal from Eberechi Eze's free kick against Chelsea was canceled because of the wrong fence.
The England star brought Crystal Palace to the beginning of the match with a shot that made goalkeeper Robert Sanchez let the ball pass through.
However, Var intervened because midfielder Marc Guehi stood less than 1 meter away from the fence of Chelsea, and the referee determined that the captain of Palace had made a mistake.
The referee announced the reason: “After reviewing, player No. 6 of the visitors stood less than 1 meter away from the fence at the time of shot. Therefore, it was an indirect free kick and the goal was canceled.”
By law, players are not allowed to violate the distance from the defensive fence at the time of free kick.
Article 13 on the FA website states: “If when the kick is free, the attacker is less than 1 meter from the fence of 3 or more defensive players, the defensive team will enjoy an indirect free kick.”
The mistake of goalkeeper Sanchez was therefore “saved” when Eze's thunder kick through the fence and went straight to the corner of Chelsea's goal.
Palace's joy was cut short, and the fans were angry with this decision.
- One reacted: “Var is disgusting, football is dead”.
- Others wrote: “Just the first round that Var ruined the match”.
- Another fans are annoyed: “It is a terrible decision. It cannot be an error in any football era. I hate Var”.
- One more commented: “Right in the first round, Var and the referee made a mistake. Never played football and did not understand anything. Guehi was stronger, and he completely did nothing wrong.”
This situation becomes an important highlight of the match, because in the end, Palace only earned a 0-0 draw with Chelsea on the day they played impressively and deserved to win 3 points.
