Video | Borja is injured and lives a tense moment in River Plate: ugly action against the '9'

It seems like the dream moment I was living Miguel Angel Borja with River Plate It ended. The man from Cordoba starred in an ugly moment in the match against Atlético Tucumán with his teammate Ezequiel Barco.

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The streak of five consecutive games scoring in the Argentine League Cup (he scored 6 goals) the Colombian was cut off and is one of the main protagonists in the goalless draw as a visitor.

The 'Hummingbird' had a run-in with his companion Ezequiel Barco for a penalty in favor of River Plate. In the 18th minute of the first half, in Tucuman, The play occurred that threw the team out of focus of the game.

Penalty – well sanctioned – for the 'millionaire' for foul to Nacho Fernández. Ship kicked and Devecchi he cut it off. In the midst of the general chaos, the VAR warned that there was an invasion. That it should be kicked again.

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There it was seen that Demichelis spoke with Borja and he made an unequivocal gesture: that the author of the second penalty had to be the Colombian. In case it was not clear, nine fingers showed his hands, both very wide and clear: “the 9″.

In another shot, it is shown when Borja He goes to look for the ball and his own teammate collidium He shows it to him and throws it out of bounds. Barco refused again. And at 28 minutes, the penalty specialist sent the ball to the stands.

From there, Demichelis He gave no further instructions. He felt the blow to his authority. After what happened, Radio Miter revealed that in the locker room River Plate a fight broke out between Boat and the DT for the action.

“Photos are beginning to circulate in which it seems that there were fist blows between Demichelis and Barco. There is strong talk, not only because of the photos of the marks on Barco's face and wrist, but there is even a photo of a mark on Demichelis's face going around,” said the aforementioned media.

However, the coach himself came out to clarify what happened, when asked at a press conference he explained how everything happened: “Anyone can miss a penalty, in this case, two.” Regarding the mark on his face, he pointed out that it is a fungus.

Of course, the winger did not take the field in the second half due to a technical decision. “Ezequiel left because I considered that he was not emotionally one hundred percent, Ezequiel is a great boy, he wanted to convert, he apologized to me because he is not egocentric, he does not only think about himself. In this case he did not want to give up the ball, you learn from everything and today you get a great experience from here.”

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Regarding how the penalty taker is defined, he clarified: “Either of the two are in charge of kicking and they decide, depending on their feelings. But when Ezequiel made a mistake, I did participate and asked that it be Miguel, it didn't happen and the outcome is the known one.”

Regarding the decision of the change he made at halftime, he also revealed why it was at that moment in the game: “(Barco) He is an unbalanced player, he had been doing well, after missing the second penalty there were erratic situations on his part and I thought it was not good.

I knew it wasn't going to be good, that's why I ordered someone to move. Mastantuono and I took it out at halftime to take care of it and also so as not to miss a window. There is no need to dramatize the situation,” he concluded on the subject.

Regarding the match, he explained that it was difficult for his team: “We did not feel comfortable in the match from the first minute, we were fortunate that we left without conceding a goal at halftime, what we tried to do was not reflected.”

Then he generalized about what happens in Argentine soccer: “It doesn't allow you to relax, any team will match you, it is competitive, this field is difficult, the rival showed aggression.

When you don't play well, you have to work, win duels and be intense. The rival did well. I don't think it was a slap in the face, but it was a warning, even winning there are things to improve and this showed that we have to improve.”

Borja injury

There was another bad news for River. Miguel Borja He retired with an injury 10 minutes into the second stage and, taking into account that they are coming banfield and the Superclásico against Boca Junior, Demichelis He told what happened with the Colombian attacker and what they expect in this regard.

“Miguel asked for the change, It wasn't something tactical. He knows her body. We will have to wait for the doctors to tell us what he is doing, rotations are sometimes necessary, today we wait until the last minute to confirm the team. We have to be optimistic for the weekend,” she concluded.

What's coming for River is Banfield. The match will be played next Sunday at the Monumental. Then there will be a week away until Super classic which will also be played at the 'millionaire0 stadium, on Sunday, February 25, from 5 p.m. Demichelis He will have time to recover some players and also have enough rest.

Controversy in Argentina

The situation between Borja, Demichelis and Barco caused all kinds of debate in Argentina. The narrator Sebastian 'the Chicken' Vignolo, He couldn't believe what he was seeing on the field: “You can't understand what just happened. Very hot, Borja… and very hot, Demichelis.”

For its part, Gustavo Lopez He attacked Barco: “When the coach gives an order you have to respect it.” The journalist of ESPN He was clear in explaining that the second penalty should be taken by Borja.

“The first penalty is defined between them, but the second is defined by the coach and the 9 [Borja] “He has to score goals,” he pointed.

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With information from La Nación.

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