Elbow of Aimar Oroz to Witsel, goal disallowed for David García, red cards for Jagoba Arrasate, Morata and ‘Chimy’ Ávila: the controversies of Osasuna – Atético de Madrid

Very hot. This is how the end of the match between Osasuna and Atlético de Madrid can be defined, who faced each other in El Sadar on Thursday to end the seventh matchday of LaLiga.

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Elbow of Aimar Oroz to Witsel, goal disallowed for David García, red cards for Jagoba Arrasate, Morata and ‘Chimy’ Ávila: the controversies of Osasuna – Atético de Madrid

The match started with fifteen minutes to go, with a goal disallowed by David García that would have meant the partial 1–1 (Atleti won 0–1 due to Griezmann’s goal in the first half). In ’75,
Martínez Munuera disallows a goal from Osasuna’s central defender after Aimar Oroz elbowed Witsel in a corner. The corner served from the left was headed to the far post by David García, beating Oblak. But the goal didn’t go upor to the marker. On Osasuna’s bench, they watched the game from a mobile device and exploded against the referee’s decision. Martínez Munuera eventually sent off the rojillo coach, Jagoba Arrasate, for protesting from the technical area. Arrasate left the field angrily. The VAR did not come inor to evaluate the piece.

“I touch him a little with my hand, without elbow. There is a push beforehand from Giménez,” Aimar told the DAZN microphones after the match ended.

Arrasate commented on the action on DAZN. “It’s a very clear goal. I just told him it’s not a foul, with my hands in my pockets I told him. If it’s the League they want… They’ve taken away our freedom of speech. It’s nothing new, we have a terrible powerlessness. We had a great second half and we deserved another result. Some coaches have been expelled, some have not… You want to pull my tongue, but I can’t talk.”

For his part, Simeone commented: “I haven’t seen it on television, they tell me there is a hit on Witsel.”

Five minutes later the second goal of the match came, scored by Riquelme. While the match was hot, action ensued in which ‘Chimy’ Ávila and Álvaro Morata became ‘tangled’. The Argentine striker attacked the Spanish striker by stepping on his knee near the corner flag (Aleti was attacking), and the referee did not hesitate to show the red card to the former San Lorenzo de Almagro player. In the same action Morata saw the second yellow card, for releasing his arm in front of Iker Muñoz.