Aliendro’s image after Varela’s shot in the knee. Photo: TV capture.
Rodrigo Aliendro was operated on on his malar fracture last night due to the blow that occurred in a clash with Alan Varela after the Boca player committed a foul on him in Superclásico. It was a “complex operation”, according to the River leaders who accompanied the player, after speaking with the doctors of the Finochietto sanatorium. It is estimated that the midfielder will be able to return to play after two months.
Aliendro was the most serious victim of a Boca river played “without giving anything away” as the players themselves often say. The Superclásico de la Bombonera had 32 fouls, 21 by Boca and 11 by River. Referee Darío Herrera drew 12 yellow cards, 6 for the Boca men, 5 for the River men and the brace received by Marcos Rojo. He is the second of the former students since he wore the blue and gold jersey with which he accumulated 23 yellow cards.
The 12 yellow cards are the most cards in a Superclásico in 22 years. In the 2000 opening there were 13 in the 1-1 of the Monumentale. There were 6 on each side and another for River which was double and meant a red card. It’s a measure of how Sunday’s match at the Bombonera was played. It was strong. Sometimes violent. And according to the eye that sees, some incidents were of bad intent but without serious consequences.
There have been pushes and slaps, insults but it cannot be said that there has been a betrayal, that is, that someone deliberately wanted to hurt a rival.
However, that vehemence produced the unfortunate move that brought Aliendro to the operating room. The former Colón has been accompanied by his family since Sunday afternoon. Yesterday he was visited by Marcelo Gallardo, vice president Patanian, the doctor of the Hansing campus and the leader Barrionuevo, the closest to the management campus.
There were no official contacts from Boca, but it was learned that Alan Varela intended to go to the sanatorium to support the injured opponent on Sunday afternoon.
Aliendro took the worst part of the game. But the Langoni boy was shaken several times, perhaps to intimidate him. When Beltrán entered, who did not escape the friction, he fought several times in fights with Figal and Rojo. On the other hand, Pinola uses his legs to score and his arms to gain space, with the permanent threat of hitting with his elbow.
In each firm ball or in each corner the classic pairs and trains were formed. Pushes, some mild, others more visible but none that would suggest a penalty or a gross foul by the attacker.
Herrera tried to take the duel at full speed. More with words than with cards despite the 12 he showed.
De La Cruz at 39 and Fabra at 41 were the first to see them. In the second half Paulo Díaz at 11, Rojo at 12, was reprimanded and has been in the chapel ever since; Advíncula and Casco aged 15 due to a collision; Pol Fernández at 17, Ramírez at 26. At the last minute Borja saw her for the touch on Rossi and Pinola for having claimed Herrera’s warning. In the sixth minute of injury time, Rojo was imprudent to raise his leg on De La Cruz and bet on the double yellow.
Federico Beligoy is the national director of referees of the AFA. He said “We have all seen the fortuitous and accidental misfortune that Aliendro had that injury from colliding with Varela’s knee”. Regarding the possible massive reprimand to the Boca players for hanging from the fence in celebration of Benedetto’s goal, he stated that “if you warn all players who have gone up, common sense does not prevail. It is yellow, but there is common sense, which is sometimes superior. This situation is not controversial.
And he felt that Darío Herrera “had a great referee as well as his assistants who will be World Cup players in Qatar, and also the VAR, who did not intervene in any action of the match, because the decisions were made with great field criterion “
Source: Clarin
