The duel between Mouth AND Trinidense sportsman for the second match of the group stage of the South American Cup, had a very controversial action where the referee Gustavo Tejera was summoned by VAR to look into an alleged handball crime Luis Advincula in the Xeneize area.
After having retraced the action on the monitor, located at the side of the pits, the Uruguayan judge rejected the call of his teammates and charged an infringement to the Argentine team for a previous charge against the Peruvian defender, who at the moment of falling seemed touch his arm, the ball.
The Paraguayans were not satisfied with Tejera’s decision and the visiting coach, José Arrúa, spoke of a “lack of personality” referring to the referee. “I think the referee lacked a bit of personality. VAR called him for a handball (by Advincula) and not for the foul,” he said at the press conference.
The play happened at the end of the match, shortly after Boca managed to take the lead on the scoreboard and the Trinidense came with everything in search of the equalizer, which would be one of the successes of the week. Diego Martínez’s team was down to ten men due to the injury of Aaron Anselmino, the scorer of the evening, who was forced to leave the field due to pain in his left hamstring.
On Wednesday morning, Conmebol released the audio with the communication between the assistant referees and Tejera, who ultimately decided not to sanction the penalty.
Source: Conmebol
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