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The Marca newspaper that the Spanish Technical Committee admitted that the midfielder in Madrid should have won the red card in the match against Palermo.
Cork struck his opponent Augusto-Batalla’s neck in a match against Palermo, which occurred in the 49th minute of the match, when the referee showed only one yellow card. However, the Technical Committee of the referees considered that the penalty was not sufficient, and they thought Cockburn should be punished by a red card.
According to the report, due to the number of players at the time, the situation on the pitch was difficult to judge. This fact made it difficult for the referee to get a correct perspective on what actually happened. However, VAR should have intervened and reminded the main referee Alexander-Ernandoz.
If the video referee had given a warning and shown Cork a red card at that time, then the player would have been unable to participate in the next derby against Real Madrid.