Overview

• CONMEBOL published the audio from the VAR review of Emanuel Gularte’s contact on Adrián “Maravilla” Martínez at 35 minutes of the second half.
• VAR official Juan Lara characterized the play as a back charge with the defender’s forearm on the attacker’s neck and indicated it met the threshold for a penalty.
• Referee Wilmar Roldán reviewed the images and maintained his on‑field decision to award the spot kick.
• Martínez converted to make it 2-1 and Franco Pardo later scored for a 3-1 result, sending Racing to the Copa Libertadores quarterfinals after a 1-0 first-leg deficit.
• Peñarol’s David Terans and Javier Méndez publicly criticized the decision, intensifying scrutiny of VAR use in knockout rounds.