The emotional farewell Marcelo Gallardo as technical director of River Plate in the Monumental stadium before more than 72 thousand souls was great, beyond the adverse result for his team, which fell 2-1 to Rosario Central for the penultimate date of the Professional Soccer League.
Within the framework of the meeting that faced the young team commanded by Carlos Tevez with a River that kept a minimal chance of continuing to fight for the title, there were several controversial situations with the referee Fernando Echeniqueprotagonist in several decisive plays and that together with the refereeing body closed a performance to be forgotten.
One of the most controversial plays once morest the Millionaire occurred in the first goal of Alejo Veliz. Gallardo protested to the fourth referee an alleged infraction by Damián Martínez once morest Essekiel Shipwho in that action lost the ball and left the counterattack served to Ignacio Malcorra, before Franco Armani rebounded so that the striker pushed the net scoundrel.
In the second half, with Tevez’s team 2-0 and a River that mightn’t find a way around the game, the atmosphere heated up. First, Véliz scored the third goal with a stupendous finish 32 minutes into the second half. But Echenique, at the request of the line judge, annulled the goal due to an advanced position that the entire visiting side claimed.
The Rosario team would also be frustrated by the third goal. After Matías Suárez’s discount, Facundo Goodnight he appeared to start off enabled before finishing at the back of the net following a rebound off Armani. Echenique took several minutes to annul the conquest following the VAR decision, which scored offside and once more generated the anger of the rogue bank.
But there would be more. When River was in full search of the tie, there was a fall of Enzo Pérez within the area that Gallardo requested to be reviewed. As a move, the referee signaled that both the local player and Facundo Almada were holding on, but doubts persisted when Echenique upheld the decision not to penalize.
The public of River, inflamed by the result and by the arbitration decisions, sang from the four sides of the field once morest the president of the AFA, Claudio Tapia. “Chiqui button, you are a fan of Boca…”lowered the anger of the fan with insults for the manager.
The anger accelerated and Quintero ended up vehemently pushing the highest authority in a melee. The Colombian who accused a blow from the judge, who when raising his arm, hit him in the face and Juanfer reacted by pushing him. The 10 was correctly expelled and River was left with one less player.
* Referee Fernando Echenique raised his arm and struck Juanfer Quintero’s face, who reacted by pushing him.
To close the night, Echenique ended up adding 16 minutesmaking a game “endless” that Rosario Central ended up celebrating and making Marcelo Gallardo’s party bitter, who said goodbye to his fans with pure emotion and no chance of fighting for the title in the Professional League.
* The summary of the victory of Rosario Central 2-1 once morest River Plate
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