Argentine Football Association requested access to audio between referee and VAR team

Argentina national team lost to Brazil 2-0 in the semi-final of the 2019 Copa America. Gabriel Jesus and Roberto Firmino helped the scoring to seal a ticket to the final. Meanwhile, the Ecuadorian referee, Leodan Gonzalez, is a hot topic since Argentina reported two possible penalties however he refused to check VAR.

Gonzalez's refusal to check the VAR becomes a controversy. Dani Alves fouled Aguero and Arthur elbowed Nicolas Otamendi and both are commited inside the penalty box. When asked by the Argentine players to check the VAR, he turned down their request. This not only outrages the Argentine Football Federation, but also Lionel Messi.

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Lionel Messi blasted Leodan Gonzalez and the VAR team.

"They were not better than us. They found the net early and the second goal came from a penalty to Sergio Agüero they didn't award," he told reporters after the match.

"The officials had booked a lot of bulls**t, but they didn't even check the VAR, that's incredible."

"That happened all over the game. At the first glance of contact, they ruled in Brazil's favour and this kind of bulls**t distracted us from the game."

"There is no excuses for us, but we need to review this, analyse it and let's hope CONMEBOL does something about it."

"I think we played a great game. We made a great effort and they were not superior to us."

The Argentine Football Federation started to make a further move, by requesting an audio record between the VAR officials and Leodan Gonzalez.

Brazil will face Peru in the final after beating Chile 3-0.