Although he comes from a very good performance in the match of the second phase of the Copa Libertadores between Olimpia and Atlético Nacional, Argentine referee Néstor Pitana is still being questioned about his performance in Brazil vs. Colombia of the 2021 Copa America.
Pitana ended up crossing in a play and the ball hit his body. From the rebound came the play with which Brazil scored the equalizing goal against Reinaldo Rueda’s team.
Finally, Colombia lost that match 2-1, with a goal by Casemiro in the last minute of play.
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Conmebol did not sanction Pitana for that action, although he did not direct the tournament again, because Argentina advanced to the final and then was crowned champion. But if he continued in consideration of the entity, because he whistled matches in the tie, the Coppa Sudamericana and the Libertadores, among them, the final between Palmeiras and Flamengo.
The new critique of the work of Néstor Pitana
Pitana was questioned again this Saturday for his poor placement in a play in the match between Aldosivi and Centrál Córdoba de Santiago del Estero, in the Argentine League Cup.
In an attack by Central Córdoba, Jesús Soraire, the visitor’s midfielder, went to take a rebound on the edge of the area to finish off, but Pitana crossed him and first he had to elude the referee to take the shot, which went very wide.
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Finally, the game ended in a 0-0 draw, a result that did not serve either team. After four dates, Central Córdoba is sixth in group B with 5 points, five behind the leader, Colón, while Aldosivi has one less unit, in tenth place among 14 teams.
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