Ariel Penelthe referee of the match between Gym and sarmiento who ended up involved in the controversy due to an unusual goal disallowed against the local team, left the Forest accompanied by the police and surrounded by journalists to whom he made a confession: “We were wrong, we made a mistake, but we are not here to harm anyone”.
“We apologize to the president (Mariano Cowen) and (Sebastián) Romero, I know it’s not enough for them but no one does it on purpose. I insist, no one wants to harm any team, we admit our mistake and we can’t go back”lamented the judge.
“The result is already there and it cannot be changed. We received a communication from the VAR and since it was an offside play we cannot go and review it”he excused himself.
In the Forest it was also learned that Diego Abalthe person in charge of VAR, sent a message to the referee in which he said “sorry, I was wrong”, something that coach Sebastián Romero commented on in the post-match conference.
At the behest of Abal, Penel disallowed a goal that he had previously conceded. The referee was warned that there was an offside by Alan Lescano at the corner kick, making a clear misinterpretation of the regulations.
Source: Ambito
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