It’s been a month since the World Cup final won by Argentina, but Edinson Cavani doesn’t forget what happened to Uruguay in this international competition. Ahead of the Spanish Super Cup semi-final against Real Madrid, the Valencia CF striker recalled the game against Ghana in which he ended up scoring on the VAR monitor. For the ‘Matador’, if he is penalized for it, referee Daniel Siebert would have to be “put in jail” for not taking penalties.
“But if they punish me for hitting the VAR, the referee, because we were taken out of the World Cup, they have to put him in jail because it’s mistakes that are behind with the VAR, all the cameras and all the referees , don’t do it,” Cavani recalled in an interview with Cadena Ser’s “El Larguero,” before turning to meringues.
As recalled on December 5, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee opened a file on the Valencia CF striker along with his teammates José María Giménez (for hitting a FIFA official with his arm), Diego Godín and Fernando Muslera (for protesting the referee).
“I’m worried (a possible sanction). Yes, of course that worries me because it would mean being out of competition with my team-mates, my club and my team. I’m worried about it. Those are things that happen, but they have to side with the footballers a little bit, not just the referees and stuff like that, side with the footballers, see what happened, why it happened and why things are the way they are happened as they are . that they gave,” he continued Cavani.
Finally, the ‘matador’ admitted hitting the VAR monitor like he did “are things that don’t get done” but “sometimes in football certain things and certain swoons sometimes make you react and certain Things you miss because of the times adrenaline that we ride because of that euphoria that we have in that moment and we are wrong”.
🎙️ Edinson Cavani: “If they want to punish me for hitting the VAR monitor, they should jail the referee for what they did.” 🧑⚖️pic.twitter.com/JXnS0kFCuV
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