Benzema’s disallowed goal in the UEFA Champions League final, on Saturday, has continued to stir up controversies among the football community with former Chelsea captain John Terry faulting the VAR’s decision.
The incident which would have resulted in Real Madrid taking the lead in the nick of time before referee Clement Turpin drew the curtain on first-half, prompted the former Three Lions’ defender to carpet the rule as senseless.
Terry, who was allegedly highly infuriated with the outcome relatively to his tweet, claimed the fact that the ball came off a Liverpool player’s touch proves that it was supposedly a goal. ”
How is that not a goal?” Terry tweeted to express his displeasure over the decision.
Terry in his comment also mocked Peter Walton who analysed the incident after the first half and concluded Benzema was offside. “I’m glad Peter Walton cleared it up for us,” Terry mocked the English former professional football referee.
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He added: “The rule clearly doesn’t make sense because when would a Liverpool player ever intentionally play Benzema the ball? “The fact it’s come off a Liverpool player surely means it’s a goal,” Terry claimed.
Meanwhile, Peter Walton says the Real Madrid striker was offside when he scored against Liverpool just before the close of first half.
Walton, who retired in 2012 after spending nine years as a centre referee in the English Premier League, supported VAR’s decision as rightly done.
He explained that the ball got to Benzema, who was already in an offside position, through an indeliberately deflected pass from Fabinho.
He added that if the ball was deliberately passed by Fabinho to Benzema, then the French striker would have been played onside.
“It’s actually an easy one. Benzema is in an offside position – the offence is committed if the ball comes back to him,” Walton said on BT Sport Studio.
“The ball deflects off Fabinho. Because of that, Benzema is offside. If Fabinho deliberately played the ball, he is onside. However, it is a deflection, so he is offside,” he added.
The Trumpet reports that John Terry, who retired from Aston Villa in 2018, after having a great spell at Chelsea where he grew through the youth rank, scored a total of 42 career goals in 530 professional appearances.
