The image that confirms that Di María's Olympic goal against Boca was against the rules

Ángel Di María was once again a star for Rosario Central, scoring an Olympic goal against Boca Juniors at the Gigante de Arroyito stadium , which tied the match. The truth is that this goal, celebrated with total euphoria, quickly became a topic of discussion due to a particular image.

This is a photograph published by ESPN , which shows a detail that went unnoticed at the time of the game: the ball was located outside the quarter circle at the time of the execution.

On the program "Team F," they showed that no part of the ball was over the corner line. The snapshot was taken from behind Di María and clearly shows that the ball did not comply with current regulations.

According to FIFA rules, the ball must be placed inside the quarter circle or, at least, resting on the line that marks it for a corner kick to be valid.

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In this case, neither assistant referee Juan Pablo Belatti nor the VAR detected the irregularity. Therefore, Di María's Olympic goal was validated and entered into the scoreboard without any review by the referees.

Asked after the match, Di María commented on the goal that put his name back on the sports front pages: "We knew the kid wasn't making saves and that we could have had a chance from set pieces by playing closed down, and we ended up scoring the Olympic goal," he said in the mixed zone.

"I had a few (Olympic goals) and luckily they happened here. I'm happy with the goal ," said the champion, who had just scored a stunning free kick against Newell's .