Copa del Rey: an Alavés player blinded by a shirt pull, the improbable penalty conceded by Caleta-Car in Spain

Some jersey prints are less discreet than others. On Wednesday evening, a foul by Duje Caleta-Car in the penalty area seemed so surreal that we had to wait for the intervention of the VAR to sanction the gesture of the central defender of Real Sociedad.

Shortly after the hour mark, Alavés striker Toni Martinez appeared in the Basques area. In the duel with the Croatian full-back, the light suddenly went out for him: Caleta-Car had grabbed his jersey so tightly that it came up to his head. The Spaniard tried to continue the action, but he lost control of the ball, little helped by this reduced visibility.

Missed penalty

But video assistance came into play, the former Olympique Lyonnais and Marseille defender received a warning and his opposite number won a penalty. Excellent news on paper since he had already transformed a first period to put his team in the lead (2-1, 29th).

However, Martinez missed this new attempt (67th). The start of problems for Alavés. Ten minutes later, former Parisian Gonçalo Guedes (76th) and Orri Oskarsson (80th) allowed Real Sociedad to overturn the match (3-2). Caleta-Car’s anti-play did no more damage than that to the Basques, qualified for the semi-finals of the Cup.