Millionaires and Independent Santa Fe They tied in a hot capital classic. The 1-1 did not help either of the two teams in the race to qualify for the eight, but it left more discontent in the blue side of the capital, which tried to seek victory in much of the match and ended up complaining about the refereeing of Andrés Rojas.
The goal of Sebastian Valencia It opened the can of a classic that lacked clear scoring options. Hugo Rodallega He managed to equalize the match with a header that silenced El Campin.
Millionaires vs. Santa Fe Photo:Mauricio Moreno / EL TIEMPO
The classic controversy
Millionaires He was very dissatisfied with the way the referee handled him. Andres Rojas to the meeting. There were five yellow cards and one red card that he showed to the players on the blue team, compared to one that he showed on the red side, a point he complained about. Fabian Bustos.
The Ambassador’s big complaint was about a possible penalty against Radamel Falcao Garcíawho jumped to connect a center Sebastian Del Castillobut failed to score and demanded a push from Daniel Torres. The play was never reviewed by the VAR and the game continued.
Controversy in the classic. Photo:Win Sports
Claim by Fabián Bustos
Bustos, in a press conference, commented on the action: “I don’t understand why the play isn’t reviewed. For me it is criminal, but beyond that, what is the problem of reviewing it? Let the referee make the decision on the field. Rada was going to head, he had a chance to score and they took him out of position. It is a play that could be reviewed“.
And he added: “We have a very important tool like the VARbut you have to use it well. Only the one at the top cannot decide; “The one who has to make the decision is the referee on the field.”
Controversy in the classic. Photo:Win Sports
Falcao spoke about the play
Radamel Falcao Garcíathe man affected in the action, indicated that he had already gained the position to score, but he felt a push from behind that did not allow him to connect the ball and he had to be penalized as a foul. He ‘Tiger’ indicated that he himself Red He told him that he was wrong not to take the penalty.
“At the time, when the situation happens, the argument that (Rojas) gives me is that we are both going to compete for the ball. If I win the position as forward, because I won the position and jump first, the defender who comes behind me the only chance he has to try to win the play is to make foul. It can be seen very clearly in the video, when I jump, that I am ahead of the Santa Fe player and the only thing he does is push me, not to dispute the ball, because the ball is in front of me,” said the scorer.
Millionaires vs. Santa Fe. Photo:MAURICIO MORENO / EL TIEMPO
“I arrive first, the ball in front of me and the player behind me. What dispute is there about the ball there? “Why don’t the cameras look at the Santa Fe player who made the foul so they can see the body language that accepted what had happened?” he added.
Samario, 40 years old, assured that he does not understand if he avoided charging because the offense was against him: “I don’t know what the fear is of charging a penalty to Millionaires or just go to VAR and support each other. Why is it me? I try to play as loyally as possible and I don’t know why the VAR is not used to have all the tools and make an appropriate decision.“.
Millionaires vs. Santa Fe. Photo:MAURICIO MORENO / EL TIEMPO
Rodallega gave his opinion
Hugo Rodallegaidol of Santa Fe, spoke about the arbitration of Andres Rojas and assured that he directed the classic well and they congratulated the judge because he is going to represent Colombia in the World.
“He behaved very well. I congratulated the referee, Even because he is a referee who is going to represent us as a country in the World Cup. We hope it goes very well for him,” he said.
Millionaires vs. Santa Fe Photo:Mauricio Moreno / EL TIEMPO
Regarding the controversial plays, specifically the request from the blue side, he said: “It’s a classic, you live with a lot of passion and, obviously, for any play you were going to get upset. I don’t know about the other one (possible push from Torres). You can see that the center is coming, Falcao wants to jump and there is contact from one of our defenders, but I don’t know if it’s a penalty. I can’t say that,” he explained.
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