The spicy crossover between Federico Beligoy and Caruso Lombardi: from the fight on the beach to the “old-fashioned bird”

The location that Ricardo Caruso Lombardi argues against refereeing in Argentine football, especially against Federico Beligoy, national director of the AFA, whom he has criticized several times for his role as a television speaker. However, the summer season led them to crossbreed on the Atlantic coast, making the opening of a large-caliber crossfire between the two is inevitable.

The first attack came out of Caruso’s mouth, when going live on his cell phone, he confessed to having had a small meeting with Beligoy, with whom he almost argued when they saw each other face to face. “They had to separate me and I didn’t react because I counted to ten, because I’m very grateful, as a sign of respect for the people of the spa. If it hadn’t ended very badly,” the DT said.

And pointing directly at Beligoy, he added: “I invited him to the hotel and he didn’t come because the truth is that he is rude. He is angry about what we (TN Deportivo team) are talking about him and the referees“.

Such comments only fueled the flames even more. The fact is that the former referee this time decided not to remain silent and gave an interview to Súper Miter Deportivo, to tell his version of events and start the second round of the fight.

“Caruso Lombardi is a talker, I confronted him and he turned white… Poor thing, he’s an old-fashioned little bird“, declared the referee director without filters. “He likes to talk a lot. I can’t fight it because it would be a disadvantage“He continued.

According to Caruso, their first meeting would have been avoided by Beligoy himself. “I told him: ‘I came here because I want to talk to you alone’. And he replied: ‘It won’t be convenient for you’. From other places’ and I invited him and he went into the hotel”Lombardi said.

However, intending to deny any kind of accusation made against him, Beligoy took advantage of his moment on air and assured: “I’ve been here for 30 years. This job is like this, for many refereeing is a workhorse on Mondays”.

And he added: “No one has ever called me to tell me that a team must win or lose. This is in people’s imagination, this is fiction. The refereeing of Argentine football is one hundred percent credible and I put my hands on fire for the referees”.

But a few hours were enough for Beligoy’s words to reach the ears of Caruso, who did not hesitate to attack again. In this case he did it through his social networks, where he took it upon himself to deny everything that was said against him and highlighted the coach’s performances in Argentine football.

“It would be good for him to tell the truth (Beligoy), and that he looked for crap and then didn’t pay for it, is a necessary evil for AFA because he knows all the crap I found and who drives and if they throw him out he can vomit because there is nothing clean, that’s why we are like this, everything murky”, wrote the technician of the last passage through Belgrano de Córdoba.

To see Caruso again on air on TN Deportivo you will have to wait until Sunday from 1pm. Perhaps he will throw more darts to incite a brawl that so far has had no end.