ANDhe quarterfinal match between Spain and the Netherlands had a protagonist: VAR. And it was decisive to get the ticket to the semifinals. The two wrong decisions by the French collegiate Frappart were corrected by VAR: first in a penalty that was whistled for a foul by Irene Paredes and then for a maximum penalty that she did not see in a hand from a Dutch defense.
In the 61st minute, the first play for the controversy arrived: Irene Paredes knocked down Beerensteyn in a charge that Frappart saw as the maximum penalty and that the VAR corrected.
Then, there was a handball inside Van der Gragt’s area to a cross from Salma that the French referee did not see and that, after consulting with the VAR, Mariona Caldentey transformed.
