Real Madrid's three disallowed goals against Mallorca

At the Real Madrid-Mallorca match, Sánchez Martínez on the pitch and Pulido Santana in VAR disallowed three goals for the Madrid team.

Three goals in the same match. An event that has only happened three times in the entire history of La Liga.

And all three were against Real Madrid.

Minute six, zero-zero on the scoreboard, and Mbappé gives Real Madrid the lead.

A goal that everyone celebrates. Mbappé, the stadium, the teammates… For Sánchez Martínez it's a goal.

But one minute later, VAR calls him to rule the goal out for offside.

This is the image the broadcast offered us of the alleged offside.

Which, aside from not being clear on its own, never showed the moment when the ball came off Trent's boot.

Minute 46, and another Mbappé goal was disallowed for offside.

This time Sánchez Martínez disallows it.

And this time we have to start believing the VAR lines again.

Because we still can't see exactly when the ball leaves the boots of the player who provides the assist.

And here the third goal disallowed. 55th minute, Real Madrid attacking move.

That, after a rebound off Mallorca's defender, unintentionally strikes Guller.

The goalkeeper deflects that ball and Guller scores.

Apparently everything is normal. The Real Madrid players celebrate.

And as can be seen in this image, not a single Mallorca player protests about that action.

But the VAR decides to intervene to assess the alleged immediacy of the play.

In the IFA's Laws of the Game for the current season, specifically rule number 12, in the section on handling the ball, they state:

Not all contacts between the ball and the hand or arm constitute an infringement.

An infringement will be committed by any player who…

Scores directly in the opposing goal with the hand or arm, even if the action occurs accidentally.

A fact that, as we have been able to verify, does not occur, because it is not a direct goal.

And another point: it will be an infringement if a goal is scored immediately after the ball touches the hand or arm, even accidentally.

Here we begin to assess the concept of immediacy.

It can never be immediate when Guller's goal comes from a save by the goalkeeper.

From the VAR conversation audio it is clear that even they themselves aren't sure, with phrases like…

A certain immediacy.

But despite being accidental and not immediate, Sánchez Martínez decides to disallow the goal.

These were the three goals disallowed for Real Madrid by Sánchez Martínez and Pulido Santana in the match against Mallorca.