It was a simple play for the referee fernando rapalliniwhere thanks to technology he could see the clear blow of Barreto in the face of Borgia inside the area with the repetitions of the VAR. However, to everyone’s surprise, the referee decided not to take the penalty and instead marked it as a corner.
Outraged, the players of River they went up in smoke rapallini to protest what was obvious. To top, Frank Armaniteam captain, was reprimanded by the judge.
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The precedent that condemns Rapallini: same play, different ruling
The most curious thing about this situation is that a few weeks ago, on July 3, River lost 3-2 to Hurricane with the arbitration of rapallini. That night, the “Millionaire” played from 20 minutes with one less player due to the expulsion of Jonathan Maidana.
What happened? On a split play, the defender of River Y Coccarofront of Hurricane, disputed a ball against the side. The “Globo” attacker grabbed him by the shirt and maidana he brushed it off with his arm. Coccaro he collapsed on the floor exaggerating the blow.
next act, rapallini was called by him VAR and went to see the play on the monitor. After a couple of repetitions, he decided to apply a hard and conclusive ruling: expel maidana.
The reactions in the networks against Rapallini:
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Borja puts his arm in the chest and Barreto hits a left foot. Unusual the penalty that he does. Rapallini goes to VAR.
– Daniel Avellaneda (@davellaneda77) August 7, 2022
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Rapallini considered Barreto’s punch to Borja NOT CRIMINAL And I consider on the Hurricane field that MAIDANA had attacked Cocaro, weird RAPA, you entered the management disaster @FedericoBeligoy @tapiachiqui also you ? It misses me a lot, let’s be attentive, please!!
– Pablo Lunati (@PabloLunati22) August 8, 2022
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Same tournament. Same referee. Same play. Either they are both red or neither, right? And that Fernando Rapallini saw both on the VAR screen… pic.twitter.com/p96OwRTqbG
– Tomás Vetere (@totovetere) August 7, 2022
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Rapallini is the same one who did not charge this murderous elbow from Campuzano to Carrascal, with the line stopped in front.
He stole a 2-1 from us at the Bostanera. See if he’s going to charge us that. pic.twitter.com/j2oiNqQ9r3— David Martinez Loria (@DaviadMartL14) August 7, 2022
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