{"id":1258218,"date":"2022-11-25T15:47:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T15:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/25\/why-ronaldos-penalty-for-portugal-vs-ghana-didnt-go\/"},"modified":"2022-11-25T15:47:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T15:47:08","slug":"why-ronaldos-penalty-for-portugal-vs-ghana-didnt-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/25\/why-ronaldos-penalty-for-portugal-vs-ghana-didnt-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ronaldo\u2019s penalty for Portugal vs Ghana didn\u2019t go"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Possible penalty overturn: Salisu foul on Ronaldo<\/p>\n

What happened:\u00a0<\/strong>Portugal\u00a0were awarded a penalty in the 62nd minute when\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0was knocked over by\u00a0Mohammed Salisu.<\/p>\n

VAR decision:\u00a0<\/strong>Penalty stands, scored by Ronaldo.<\/p>\n

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VAR review:\u00a0<\/strong>This only required a quick check by the VAR,\u00a0United States\u00a0referee Armando Villarreal.<\/p>\n

Replays showed that Ronaldo definitely got to the ball first ahead of Salisu before there was contact on the Portugal striker\u2019s boot and upper body.<\/p>\n

Even though this could certainly be considered a soft penalty, we have to look at it in VAR terms; it would not be seen as a clear and obvious error by the match referee, fellow American official Ismail Elfath. Equally, if the referee hadn\u2019t given the penalty, it\u2019s unlikely the VAR would have advised a spot kick.<\/p>\n

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If Salisu had gotten to the ball first before Ronaldo, this would have been grounds for a full review, but unfortunately for the\u00a0Ghana\u00a0defender, he failed to do so.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo also thought he had scored in the 31st minute, but the referee had already blown for a foul against him for a push on\u00a0Alexander Djiku. The VAR is unable to review anything after the referee\u2019s whistle, so he cannot look back at the foul to award the goal.<\/p>\n

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