The game is in the hottest moments of the battle: river The minutes were exhausted and he couldn’t, at least, tie the fight against the Tigers to reach the penalties. Palavecino he entered the place of pure power, he did the same Gonzalo Marinelli, the ball is in the middle of the two and in a fraction of seconds the goalkeeper is on the ground and the striker is on the ground. Penal?

The stadium gave its verdict and the cry was united. The judge did not score a penalty spot and the footballers pounced on his figure. Fernando Espinoza He pointed with his index finger at the headset where he listened to what was being said to him from the checkpoint. VAR, located on the Ezeiza property. They were seconds of tension, amidst the minutes of uncertainty that characterized the final stages of the fight.

Whatever. Espinoza no longer has to go to consult the screen: among the repetitions seen in Ezeiza there is one that removes doubts. In slow motion, true, but there is a explanatory sequence. Marinelli went to the ground, yes, but it was Pochettino who seemed to meet him, with weak legs, collided and fell.

Aside from the protests, the game continued and River accumulated many more situations that would also not be fulfilled. Marinelli and Palavecino are the controversial game of the match, as sound as Tiger’s victory.