TOtlético Nacional and Deportivo Cali tied 1-1 this Wednesday, at the Atanasio Girardot stadium, in a match that was marked by very bad refereeing by Mauricio Mercado, which directly influenced the development of the game.
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The equality leaves those led by Efraín Juárez in third place in the table, with 23 points, but with a performance that knows little. And Cali managed to save a point to remain in box 17, with 9 points, but with the possibility of moving a little away from the relegation zone, by taking one more point from Jaguares and Envigado.
Mercado did not know how to control the match and, after 40 minutes, he forgave the red card to Joan Castro, from Nacional, for a very strong stomp on Jarlan Barrera. when he was already reprimanded. He also stopped sending off Francisco Meza for a harsh tackle on Castro, who even ended up with a bleeding knee.
And, unfortunately for the central judge, It was Castro, after the ‘pardon’, who scored the home advantage, by taking a rebound and finishing from outside the area to put the ball through the post that goalkeeper Gastón Guruceaga was guarding.
The central judge was wrong on both sides and from a terrible decision on his part the play for Deportivo Cali’s tying goal was born. When the game was already over, he called a foul in favor of the visitor because, according to him, goalkeeper Luis Marquínez took the ball with his hand outside the area. The television footage showed his serious mistake.
From that free kick the score came to 1-1: Jarlan Barrera charged back, on the edge of the area, where Fabián Viáfara finished on goal. The ball deflected off Andrey Estupiñán and went into the south goal of a deserted Atanasio Girardot stadium.
“That they harm our work like this, the truth is that it leaves us very sad. Just as at the time they punished us for what happened at the Atanasio, this time they also take corrective measures,” said Edwin Cardona, one of the party figures, about Mercado’s decision.
The goals of the tie between Nacional and Cali
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