Demichelis’ anger over River’s badly disallowed goal: “I hope they explain it to us”

Martin Demicheliscoach Riverreferred to the goal that was disallowed for his team during the match that ended with victory over Atlético Tucumán by 1 to 0and claimed that “I hope the referees can explain it”in reference to the defender’s conversion Paulo Diaz near the end of the first half, invalidated by the referee Pablo Dovalo after checking the VAR.

What does the regulation say that the referee applied incorrectly?

According to International Football Association Boardthe entity that defines the rules of football worldwide, will be considered “that a player in an offside position has not taken advantage of that position when receiving the ball from an opponent who voluntarily plays the ball, including the voluntary handball, unless it is a save by an opponent.”

The items that are taken into account to define this are: “pass it to a teammate”, “regain possession” and “clear, whether with the foot or head”.

An important point to clarify is that the fact that the touch is imprecise or fails to achieve its objective does not invalidate the “willfulness” of the action, according to the regulations.

Therefore, Chilean Paulo Díaz’s goal at the end of the first half was badly disallowedsince it is clear that the Atlético Tucumán defender wanted to clear the ball.

Demichelis’ statements after the victory

Furthermore, the coach stated that “The result is a reward for the team’s constant search”and assured that he was satisfied with the development of the game.

“I liked the team, from the first minute we became strong against a team that retreats well, if we play most of the time like today, victory will come”he analyzed.

The former defender of the argentine national team celebrated the record he achieved last night River in it Monumentalwhere he has accumulated 18 consecutive wins: “It makes me happy that we have created that local hegemony between the people and the players, but it is anecdotal”he highlighted.

Finally, the coach praised the income of the Venezuelan scorer Salomon Rondonauthor of the only goal of the match, and the attacker Pablo Solariwho sent the previous center.

“Salomón is adapting better and better to Argentine football, Rondón will have to compete with him, like Mati Suárez, Facundo Colidio and Pablo Solar”, he commented. And he highlighted that the halftime exit of Enzo Pérez “it was not a tactical change”but for a physical issue.

For its part, Salomon Rondon he stressed that “He comes to contribute to the team” and thanked the people for their support, after scoring the winning goal. “We focus on Banfield, there will be time to think about Boca”, Rondon In reference to Super classicto be played in 10 days.

Furthermore, the Chilean central defender, Paulo Diazhighlighted that the annotation “It was a relief” for all the opportunities that the “Millionaire” had generated.

“I think they closed well at the back and it was a tough game, we tried everywhere, but we are happy with how the result turned out”he asserted, and concluded: “Internally nothing ever happened between us, everything is fine, we don’t have to make room for those things. Now we want to get the three points in Banfield, on a complicated field”hill.