Fans react to VAR decision in Banyana game
Banyana Banyana supporters were angered by the decision to award a penalty to Spain at South Africa’s expense.
Desiree Ellis, coach of South Africa, during the Banyana Banyana afternoon training session. Picture: Sydney Mahlangu/BackpagePix
The South African women’s football team contained Spain for the first 70 minutes of the game before they were awarded a penalty following a VAR review which saw defender Nothando Vilakazi get a second yellow card.
Some supporters felt the referee favoured Spain while others called a replay of the match.
@FIFAcom you’re a cheat, how come Spanish speaking referee officiating for Spain ???????? Vs South Africa…. Shame on you ????
— CERTified Legendx (@Ralphsanjani) 8 June 2019
Those 2 VAR penalties were complete . Europe couldn’t handle Spain trailing behind SOUTH AFRICA so they bulldozed with VAR pic.twitter.com/TUZIGKROWd
— Mellita Gurupersad (@ultra_mel22) 8 June 2019
#ESPRSA this VAR sometimes aowa banna,I mean the second penalty…really. pic.twitter.com/oL4kZ3vHQn
— solly gaobole (@SGaobole) 9 June 2019
#ESPRSA #RSA was robbed, 2 penalties and a red card? African teams will never progress as long we still have this kind of sponsored officiating
— Webthili (@bewthi) 8 June 2019
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