Barracas Central and Independiente competed for the leadership of Zone A of the Professional League Cup of Argentine soccer and tied 2-2 at the Tomás Adolfo Ducó stadium, in Huracán, in a hot match, with controversies and dubious plays in which The referee Pablo Dóvalo did not resort to the VAR nor did the technology intervene in the decisive moments.
The great controversy of the afternoon-night was the play where Iván Marcone, a former Boca midfielder who plays for Carlos Tevez's “Rojo”, received a hit from rival forward Alexis Domínguez, who was only reprimanded despite the fact that he marked all the blocks. in an unfortunate action.
The curious thing is that referee Dóvalo barely admonished him but he was not even called by the VAR to review it. Who was on the VAR? Luis Lobo Medinaanother of the referees who are involved in the controversies and accused of favoring Barracas Central, a club of which the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, is a fan.
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In the final Independiente, which had scored twice thanks to Matías Giménez (Alexis Domínguez himself and Siro Rosané scored the goals for “Guapo”), wanted the victory and had another controversy in which Carlos Arce touched a ball with his hand inside from the area and the referee did not sanction a penalty. The VAR did not intervene either since the judge let it continue. Below, the most resonant reactions on the social network
“It is very difficult and very notorious because we have been saying that Pablo (Dóvalo) has a history with Barracas. This was installed all week and it comes and steals from you anyway… This guy is crazy,” said Carlitos Tevez, coach of Independiente.
“We are still hot. We have to start finishing it, because but Argentine football like that is very difficult. Iván's (Marcone) is red. Winning 1-0 and with ten guys, the game changes you,” he said about Domínguez's kick, who stayed on the court and made it 2-1 in favor of Guapo.
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