Ávalos, center stage: from the first goal to the controversy over the penalty that increased Independiente’s fury

Gabriele Avalos he was one of the protagonists of the 1-1 draw between Independent AND River in Avellaneda. He scored the equalizer, his first in the Diablo shirt, he constantly annoyed the Millonario centre-backs and was the one who came closest to giving the red fans that second goal which ended up being strangled.

In the 37th minute of the second half, when Carlos Tévez’s team overcame Martín Demichelis’ team and came dangerously close to Franco Armani’s goal, He was the protagonist of the controversy of the night in Avellaneda. Ávalos receives in the area and with a chest check leaves Paulo Díaz out, thus remaining in front of the goal, but when he is about to clear he is brought down by Leandro González Pirez. For Nazareno Arasa there was no infringement.

“I felt the contact underneath and the referee told me that (González Pirez) touched the ball. For me it wasn’t like that,” said the Paraguayan striker once the match was over. A new controversy, in the aftermath of a very hot week for the Independent world.

Sergio Kun Agüero also reacted with two laughing emojis, sharing the video of the play on his X account (formerly Twitter), where he has more than 18 million followers.

“Notice he’s wearing Avalos’ knee and that’s enough for me”analyzed Agüero, who had already come out to stop next to Tevez, at the intersection with Twitter Pablo Tovigginotreasurer of the AFA, and other executives of the parent company of Argentine football.