Last night, the 19th day of the First Division competition ended with a narrow victory for Seville’s Celta de Vigo thanks to a penalty awarded by Jose María. Sanchez Martinez 5 minutes left. Spain’s international referee was not required to use an umpire for this match. VAR. He scored it on the field. In fact, this year in 2026, considering that two of the Super Cup teams’ matches were played in early December, there have only been two interventions from the VOR room out of the 18 matches played on the opening day so far and the eight matches last weekend.

Only a VAR review was conducted in the previous day’s game. Seville-Levante. It happened in the 87th minute when the Sevilla team was losing 3-0. A penalty could then have been awarded when the stud of Torjan’s boot hit Quique Salas in the head inside the area and referee Ios Galek gave no indication. Then, after receiving a call from Valentin Pizarro’s VAR, the referee, who looked at the monitor, had no doubts: “Okay, reckless hit, No. 22 (Trugjan). Penalty, okay, he passed the ball, the ball hit him. It’s reckless for me, you understand?”

The second time was last Sunday at the Vallecas Stadium, in the 80th minute when Oscar Valentin tackled Pablo Torre with his heel and received a direct red card. Initially, Juan Martínez Munuela was given a yellow, but the decision was later corrected after checking the monitor and receiving a VAR notification from Raul Martínez. When he saw her, he had no doubts. “Leave her to me, okay, she won’t listen to him, look, I don’t need anything else, listen to me. She’s in the back, it looks like she’s shorter to me. But no, she hits the calf very clearly and slow. okay, I’ll go with the red, boy.” CTA that on-site mediation must take precedence over possible action from the VOR room. is a clear example of a slogan.