The match, which extended to 104 minutes, featured two contentious VAR incidents that took several minutes each to resolve. In the 48th minute, what appeared to be a penalty on Cucho inside the Rayo area was ruled outside by referee Martínez Munuera after a VAR review.
More controversially, in the 86th minute, Valentín's challenge on Ratiu seemed to occur on the goal line, but after an agonizing four-minute review, the referee maintained his initial decision of a foul outside the area and no red card. The match concluded with 14 minutes of added time.