“Me?”: Cristian Medina’s reaction when Diego Martínez decided to eliminate him from the Superclásico after scoring the goal

Christian Medina He was one of the best players in the Superclásico, even when River dominated Mouth and had his chances to make it 2-0. And with the equalizer, a powerful shot after an overflow on the left by Lautaro Blanco, Medina emerged as one of the figures of the match.

However, it has been conspicuously replaced by Diego Martinez, which took him off the field just seven minutes after the equalizer and when Xeneize was enjoying his best moment in the afternoon of the Monumental.

In fact, this change surprised even Medina himself, who was in disbelief when he saw the number 36 of his shirt in red on the illuminated sign. “I?”, the midfielder wondered. Yes, it was him. Nicolás Valentini came on in his place to form a line of three defenders together with Nicolás Figal and Cristian Lema. The 1-1 would not have been changed.