Newell’s Old Boys lost 1-4 at home against Estudiantes de La Plata on Friday, in a very painful result before facing Rosario Central in the classic next week. But that game was marked by a controversial action.
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The visiting team’s fourth goal was preceded by a play that had to be reviewed by the VAR: in the 55th minute, A long ball down the right flank seemed to hit the number one assistant, Sebastián Rainieri. From that touch, Thiago Palacios overflowed and touched it to the center for Pablo Piatti to score.
In the review of the play, the VAR could not verify that the ball had hit Rainieri, so the match had to be restarted with a dropped ball, and the centre-back, Fernando Espinoza, validated the goal.
Although there were protests on the Newell’s bench and some fans complained about what happened on social media, the poor campaign of the red-and-black team and the thrashing at home inflamed the mood of the stands, who ended up chanting against their own players.
This is how the Colombian Estudiantes players fared
Newell’s is in 16th place in the championship, with only 11 points, and with the defeat it gave life to Estudiantes, who reached 12 points. in 12th place.
At Estudiantes, the two Colombians started the match on the bench. Edwuin Cetré came on in the 69th minute, replacing Guido Carrillo, and Alexis Castillo Manyoma replaced Luciano Giménez in the 83rd.
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