After the controversial penalty that Banfield was charged in the match on the tenth date of the Professional League Cup against River, Darío Herrera, the referee in charge of the VAR of the match played in the South, was punished.

The controversy erupted seven minutes into the second half, when Drill won 1-0 in their demanding match against the Millionaire. What happened? Local player Franco Quinteros tried to calm down with his head and stretched his arm in a natural way so as not to lose balance before jumping. Banfield’s wrong calculation caused the ball to hit his left hand.

After the call from Darío Herrera, who took over as VAR referee, Pablo Echavarría approached the monitor. The slow-motion play showed an extension of the man’s upper limb from the Drill and the ball falling into his hand. Three minutes later, the magistrate awarded a penalty and Enzo Fernández equalized the match that River would finally win.

The situation caused great controversy, as it gave the sensation of receiving a very forced punishment. And on Monday, Federico Beligoy admitted that men in black made a mistake: “We apologize to Banfield fans“, said the Director of Arbitration Training.

“The hands are still interpretive, for us it is not a sanctionable hand“, he continued. And then he deepened:”the standard fails. This is not punishment for River. Obviously, in our opinion this is not a sanctionable hand, we are wrong. This is an interpretive question and we are wrong with VAR ”.

Darío Herrera, the referee who ordered video assistance for Echavarría, has been appointed VAR referee for the match that will close on date 11 between Godoy Cruz and Boca, on Wednesday at 9:30 pm But on Monday of night, the Professional Football League announced that he would be replaced. Ironically, his place will be taken by Héctor Paletta, the brother of former Banfield player Gabriel Paletta.

Now, it is being looked at whether all responsibility will fall to Herrera or whether even Echavarría will be terminated as well.