He Disciplinary court of the AFA published this Thursday evening the penalties for the protagonists who were expelled by the referee Dario Herrera in the last minutes of Super classic after the provocation of the River midfielder Agostino Palavecino to the Boca players, who were yelled at by the penalty that turned into a goal Miguel Borgia in stoppage time of the match played last Sunday at the Monumental stadium.
The most severe penalties were for Ezekiel Fernandez AND Jorge Almirontechnical director of Boca, who has received two suspension dates for being repeat offenders. The youth midfielder had been sent off against Vélez, for round 5 of the Professional League, while the coach had suffered the same fate in the duel against Rosario Central.
The rest was very cheap: Palavecino, Ezequiel Centurión and Elías Gómez, from River, received a match, as well as Miguel Merentiel and Nicolás Valentini, from Boca.
What does the court ruling say?
Hours after the announcement of the fine, the Disciplinary court published the sentence in its entirety, in which the dissent of one of the components, dr. Sergio Fernándezwho had asked for 5 dates for Palavecino, holding him responsible for the riot.
“I do not agree with the sanction imposed by my esteemed colleagues on the player Agustín Palavecino,” he begins by saying that section of the letter. And he explains: “This is because the attitude of the aforementioned player who, with a provocative gesture which covered all graphic and audiovisual media, was the genesis of the unfortunate accidents which became the final scandal of the match played between River Plate and Boca Juniors”.
Palavecino has only received one date ban, so he will miss the match against Talleres but will rejoin Demichelis’ consideration from the next date, when River receive Platense at the Monumental.
The full sentence of the Disciplinary Court
Punishment for Herrera
By action or omission, the refereeing department of the AFA, in charge of Federico Beligoy, knew he could not sit idly by. This Tuesday, announcing the appointments of the matches of the Professional League date 16, Darío Herrera did not seem included to take the field next weekend. And the next day you didn’t even see his name among those designated to manage the VAR.
Herrera had a poor performance overall as well as hitting the penalty which gave Slumdog Millionaire the heartbreaking victory. He wanted to apply a short brake in the first half, but then didn’t keep up the behavior in the second period. This caused the displeasure of both teams, who demanded warnings that should have led to sendings off which never came. Also questioned about the reds he showed after the tumult that broke out after Borja’s goal and Palavecino’s provocation.
Palavecino apologized
Palavecino said he felt “sorry” for his actions in the Superclásico. “I’m happy with the win and even more in a Superclásico, but looking at everything that happened I’m sorry for what I did and what was generated. There was no need but I just got the bill in the locker room” Palavecino said in statements to TyC Sports about what he experienced in the win against Boca.
“I saw the celebrations in the locker room and that’s where I took the record of what I did, because I lost everything for that and I regret it, but well, I’m still happy for the team, for the people and for the win. “
On the reasons for his reaction, Palavecino highlighted: “During the week we had talked a lot, we were coming from a hard blow and there were mixed feelings, but more than anything else I didn’t know how to control myself and it’s not the image we want to give in River There’s a marked path and we must continue like this, what I did is not a good example”.
Source: Clarin
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