Otamendi is comfortable: “Let them designate who is going to be champion and we don’t compete”
The previous one had already been hot Superclassic with River expressing their disagreement against the AFA and its way of managing Argentine football. He had done it through his president. And he had confirmed it by removing his coach at the last minute from the previous conference organized by the Professional League with the aim of sending a message of peace. However, everything deepened after 90 minutes with defeat and controversial refereeing rulings.
The captain Nicolas Otamendi He didn’t beat around the bush: “It wasn’t measured with the same yardstick in different plays, in yellow and red, and we were conditioned. They gave me a very clear penalty and the VAR didn’t call. Argentine football is losing. It’s annoying because they don’t let you compete. In the next tournament they designate who will be the next champion and we do not compete directly”.
River did not question the early expulsion of Lucas Martínez Quarta that conditioned the development, but he did protest the duality of criteria in similar actions: why was Gonzalo Montiel sent off and for a similar foul did Lautaro Blanco not receive the red card at the start of the second half? And he also claimed a penalty against Nicolás Otamendi for a clear hold.
On the other hand, the millionaire DT, Leonardo Ponziostated: “We were able to do little of what we wanted by being down one man very quickly. The VAR always interferes against us and in other cases it does not interfere and is left to the referee’s opinion. It would be good for the referees to understand each other. They make you feel like you have to have your guard up. There is no other. “I don’t want them to give me, but I don’t want them to take me away either.”
With everything that happened in the Superclásico, River definitely decided to strengthen its anti-system position and added a new chapter in his war against the AFAwhich he questions in particular about the organization of the championships with 30 teams. It is one of the “opposition” clubs, along with Juan Sebastián Verón’s Estudiantes. And they feel that the refereeing errors have to do with those political differences.
In this sense, it was expressed the millionaire president Stéfano Di Carlo on social networks: “When mistakes always favor themselves, they stop being mistakes. They have no shame or limits. They are destroying Argentine football in front of everyone.”
In Boca they did not get involved with River’s anger. The Xeneize coach Rodolfo Arruabarrena summarized: “I have not seen the actions of the second half yet and I cannot give an opinion. As for everything that is said, we focus on what is ours. We leave the nonsense aside.”
