Pre-Olympic Under 23: Valentín Barco and his childish gesture that cost him expulsion from the Argentine national team

Valentine’s Day boat He’s a crack, or has a crack future, but he also has attitudes that are difficult for a professional footballer to understand. An argument in his favor is that he is a boy of only 19 years old, despite the fact that he made his debut in a Libertadores final with the Boca shirt and has just completed his move to the Premier League in exchange for 10 million dollars. El Colo once again showed the less reliable side of him in the clash between Argentina in view of Venezuela for him Sub 23 Olympic Pre-Olympic.

They were 43 minutes of a complicated first half for Mascherano’s team, who played better but had difficulties against Vinotinto and the fervor of the local fans. Goalkeeper Brey gave away the first goal and defender Vivas returned the kindness by going into his own goal. The result was a draw and Argentina tried to fight back.

The match became important as Brazil lost to Paraguay in the other quadrangular match, causing any setback in the group. We had to add three, everyone in the Albiceleste team knew it. But when the ball runs and emotions are unleashed, there are reactions that cannot be contained.

A riot, a few pushes, and the Ecuadorian referee Augusto Aragón came to restore order and immediately showed a red card to the Venezuelan Bryant Ortega, and shortly after he did the same in front of the face of Barco, who reacted immutably , walking towards the locker room. .

In the television replay we saw what happened: Barco grabbed a ball with his hand and threw it in the face of Ortega, who joined the Argentine’s provocation and returned the childish gesture, which was caught by the cameras.

It is worth mentioning that the last home run of the Preolimpico marks the entry of VAR into the matches of this competition, so it was very difficult for the referee or his assistants to ignore the back and forth between Barco and Ortega. The injured party? Argentina and Venezuela, who remain in 10. And the players themselves, who will miss (at least) the next match.