Barco disobeys Demichelis, misses two penalties for River and is sent to the bench: the previous one 10 days before the Superclásico

There will be a lot of talk in the next few hours and days about the challenge to the authority of Esequiel boat to the coach Martin Demichelis. Football players are brave, you know. And sometimes capricious. It’s true that the outcome is what ends up tipping the scales one way or the other. What would have happened if Barco had scored the penalty?

The sequence was clear. Néstor Breitenbruch brings down Ignacio Fernández in the area and Arasa scores the penalty. Barco took a ball under his arm and Borja another. There was a fight and the midfielder won; The Colombian sends the ball into the stands with a volley. The former Independiente’s shot ends up in the center and José Devecchi saves with his right leg. But VAR observed Alexis Flores’ invasion of the area and the penalty was repeated.

There the challenge to authority takes place because an energetic Demichelis orders Barco not to kick and Borja to do so. Nacho Fernández went to convince him, but he failed. The Colombian striker gave the creative midfielder a slap in the face as a sign of support. The shot ends up several meters over the crossbar and the coach is expelled from the substitutes’ bench with more than just anger. There were 28 minutes left until the start of the opening phase.

In the rest of the first stage Demichelis gave no indications and remained with his arms crossed. Barco, on the other hand, almost didn’t touch the ball. When Arasa scored the final goal, all his teammates went to cheer for Barco, while the coach quickly entered the locker room with a dark look on his face.

Of course, this is not the first time that Barco has had such an attitude. In March last year, in a match against Godoy Cruz, he denied a penalty to Lucas Beltrán, who was looking for his first hat-trick in the First Division.

And the decision made by Micho at half-time will also be talked about: he eliminated him to insert the young Franco Mastantuono.