In an international friendly on the 28th, Japan’s national team faced Venezuela and won 2-1. Deep into second-half stoppage time, Venezuela looked to have been awarded a penalty, but after VAR rewound and reviewed three separate phases of play, a foul on Takefusa Kubo was confirmed instead, flipping the call to a penalty for Japan. Ayase Ueda converted it to seal a come-from-behind win. Venezuela’s manager Oswaldo Vizcarrondo voiced his displeasure with the call, saying “they lacked respect for us.” On 5ch, discussion centered on whether VAR’s rule of reviewing plays retroactively was justified, along with the players’ reactions.
◆International Friendly: Japan 2-1 Venezuela (28th, E-Peace Stadium)
Venezuela manager Oswaldo Vizcarrondo, whose side lost 1-2 to Japan, vented his frustration over the late penalty decision: “I was extremely surprised. I thought the penalty was going to be ours. There’s nothing to be done about the officiating now. We’re not machines, so emotion plays a big part in this. As for the judgment itself, I think it lacked respect for us.”
The match was tied 1-1 deep into second-half stoppage time when Japan defender Junnosuke Suzuki brought down a Venezuelan player inside the box, prompting Australian referee Danaskos to point to the spot. But after a VAR review, the call was overturned in favor of an earlier foul — Kubo had been knocked down inside Venezuela’s penalty area on the previous phase of play — and the penalty was awarded to Japan instead. Ayase Ueda converted it, sealing Japan’s win.
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Deep in second-half stoppage time, was Venezuela about to snatch a go-ahead penalty?!
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Referee triggers VAR
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Checks Junnosuke Suzuki's foul on a Venezuelan player inside the box
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Wait — there might've been offside on the play just before Venezuela's penalty
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Wait, rewind even further — inside Venezuela's own box, Takefusa Kubo may have been fouled
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Commentator: "VAR is checking three separate plays!"
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Referee: "Peeep! Venezuela's penalty is OUT — Japan gets the penalty instead!"
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Japan scores the last-gasp winning penalty
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Venezuela's bench erupts.
That's just normal — the rule is to rewind all the way back to the point where Venezuela gained possession.
"I thought I'd given Venezuela a penalty… and before I knew it, I'd been given one myself…"
I—I know you have no idea what I'm talking about… I know…
Even I… don't know what was done to me…
I felt like my head was going to break. Hypnotism, super speed…
it was nothing that flimsy.
I caught a glimpse of something far more terrifying…
(a riff on DIO's famous "Za Warudo" monologue from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
Machine scoring, no subjective bias involved
1st: Ueda
2nd: Kubo
3rd: Inazuma
Nice one, Ueda! (△ = a net-slang mark of respect/props)
Why's Ueda rated so high? He just took the penalty. Can't trust the machine scoring either.
Tanimura gets a 6.5 without even touching the ball? lol
Throwing a tantrum like that while the team's down a man — guess that habit's never going to change.
Whether Venezuela is convinced or not has nothing to do with whether the ref's call is valid.
You should go brush up on the rules.
Re: #1
Sore losers, how lame.
The last pass before Venezuela's penalty was offside.
https://n.picvr.net/2609282126457160.jpg
I'd get it if there was no penalty at all after this, but it happened right before, lol.
VAR is the reason South America's in decline — dirty play doesn't fly anymore.
Nah, Argentina made it really far in the tournament — though they did embarrass themselves with zero shots in the final.
They can't review it until play stops, so the ref's call in that moment was reasonable.
No, VAR can step in the moment play is dead. The real question is whether the foul on Kubo alone was enough to send it to an on-field review (OFR).
At the moment of Kubo's foul, the ref had already called it as a foul. VAR just flags it as a possible foul for the ref to consider. The issue is that VAR can't intervene with the referee unless play has stopped — and on top of that, the rules don't allow an OFR here.
Easy enough if you just wine and dine the refs (i.e., "hospitality" calls favoring the home side).
Sounds like Venezuela's play was blatantly offside.
That's the exact same thing that caused a stir at the World Cup — VAR rewinds all the way back to where the passage of play started. Since it went from that lost ball all the way to the penalty call, every play in between was fair game for VAR.
Background and Talking Points
Internationally, VAR operates on the principle of reviewing play back to the point where possession last changed hands — and in this case, the review rewound to the moment Venezuela lost the ball, checking three separate phases of play before arriving at Japan’s penalty. On the thread, reactions split between posters surprised by this rewind mechanic (“why bring this up now?”) and others explaining that it’s the same procedure that caused controversy at the World Cup. It’s also worth noting that VAR only advises the referee — the final call always rests with the official on the pitch, a detail that’s easy to overlook when arguing about whether the decision was right. And Coach Vizcarrondo’s remark about “a lack of respect for us” was an emotional protest, not a specific claim that the rules were misapplied.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Express+) thread “[Soccer] Venezuela coach, beaten by Japan, erupts after penalty call flips from theirs to Japan’s: “They lacked respect for us”“
