Gonzalo Montiel had scored the 3 to 0 by River Plate, in the return of the semifinals of the CONMEBOL Libertadores disputed in the Allianz Park Stadium, in front of Palmeiras, but while Marcelo Gallardo celebrated the Uruguayan referee Esteban Ostojich annulled it at the request of the VAR.
The Ninot team matched the series 3-3, after falling in the first leg by 3-0, and the winger celebrated alongside his teammates. It was there that the judge entered into communication with the Colombian Nicolás Gall to analyze the play that ended in goal.
It took several minutes until the image showed that it was not Montiel who was offside, but Rafael I deleted at the start of the play what was offside.
Then another controversy happened at night when the referee had charged a penalty from Alan Empereur to Matías Suárez, but again the ON he analyzed the play and finally backed away, unleashing the fury of all River Plate that was with a minus for the expulsion of Robert Rojas.
To add more drama and suspense to the end of the match, Ostojich reviewed an action where it looked like there was a penalty for the Gallardo set, but an offside was finally visualized when he broke the ball. Thus River won 2-0 but was left out by an overall 3-2.