Borja explodes against the refereeing in Copa Libertadores: video of the fight and controversy with River Plate

The great controversy occurred in the 10th minute of the second half, when Franco Romero he hit the Chilean Paulo Diaz in the face and in the same play, Leandro Lozano He went with both legs forward against Rodrigo Aliendro provoking the fury of River Plate.

The Brazilian referee was called by the VAR to review the play, but decided to show the yellow card to Romero, unleashing protests from the Argentine team players, which ended in a fight with shoving between both teams.

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At the end of the meeting, Borja He held nothing against the central judge and targeted the Brazilian for the refereeing in the 2-2 draw and for the red card he did not show in an action that they claim was aggression.

“There is a play that for me marks the game in the second half, which was red, so I don’t understand how a referee, with more than 500 games under his belt, finds it difficult to get a red. If they call you from the VAR it is not for a yellow, they call you it is for a red. I think that had a lot of influence, we have to continue working on what lies ahead, because we have been given the results and we are going to continue seeing,” the Colombian began by saying in an interview with ESPN.

​”The foul against Aliender It is not a direct attack because he (Lozano) goes with the intention of harming him, suddenly he could have punished this and then the ‘pineapple’ that they hit Paulo Díaz, when they call you from the VAR, you have to know how to interpret the VAR issue , otherwise they will be calling you all the time for a yellow one and, as far as I understand, they are calling you for a red one. So, I don’t know why the referee with more than 500 games, because I know him from Brazil, why it is difficult for him to get a red card. If it’s red, it’s red, brother!” added Borja.

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In addition, the Córdoba striker revealed the dialogue he had with the Brazilian judge. “I told him when I was going to get the yellow card and now that the game is over, because the game is defined by details.”

Borja was not spared from criticism Argentina, after the match against Nacional at the Gran Parque Centra stadium. The press scored him in the ratings and gave him a score of 6 points, the goal was one of the little he did on the attacking front.

“​Good goal, as always an important Pepinillo. In the second he also did well, kicking the goal or assisting? The important thing is that it was a goal and it seemed to lead to victory. In the second half the level dropped and especially the participation in the game,” they noted in Argentina.
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