Gattoni was booked after 9 seconds, the quickest yellow card in the history of the match. Later, Rojo hit Colidio but was not penalized.
The defender of River Plate Federico Gattoni He was cautioned at the start of the match Superclásico against Boca which was played in La Bombonera, for the fifteenth date of the Professional Leaguewhich was a record card for the most important match in Argentine football.
Barely 6 seconds had passed when, in the first play of the match, Gattoni headed a loose ball against Uruguayan Edinson Cavani.
Referee Nicolás Ramírez, who had not yet taken his whistle out of his mouth, blew the whistle again to mark the foul and did not hesitate to show the River player the yellow card after 9 seconds. Never before had a footballer been cautioned so early in a Superclásico.
The controversy: what happened to Rojo?
A little while later, when 29 minutes had passed in the first half, Facundo Colidio He tried to start an attack for River, who was already winning 1-0 with a goal from Manuel Lanzini.
However, at the beginning of the play, Marcos Rojo He stopped him from behind. In the replays it was clearly seen how The “xeneize” captain hit him on the head with his forearm from the “Millionaire” forward.
Despite the severity of the start, Ramírez did not call a foul and, therefore, did not show any card to the local defender.
A more than hot ending
Seconds before the end of the match, Milton Giménez had scored Boca’s equaliser. However, the VAR ruled it out due to a handball by the “xeneize” player.
Things got more than spicy there and everything exploded at the end. After the match ended, Sergio Romero, Boca’s goalkeeper, had to be stopped by several members of the local club so that he didn’t fight with a fan who had heckled him.
Source: Ambito
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