A former Brazilian player, who was part of the Mexican team that lost 3-0 to River at the Monumental and ended up being runner-up in America, made a serious complaint about that final of the Copa Libertadores.
The Brazilian Rafael Sobisformer forward of Tigers of Mexicowho played the final against River in the Copa Libertadores 2015assured that the Argentine team had to win the continental competition by a “friendship” with the Conmebol.
“If we won the first game 4 to 0 we were not going to be champions, because the Mexican enters as a guest. I think it is a friendly deal. We reached the final and imagine for Conmebol taking a team to the Club World Cup as runners-up , As it explains?”expressed Sobis9 years after losing the final decisively in the Monumental Stadium.
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Tigers lost the decisive match against River in it Monumental after a goalless draw in the first leg, so they were unable to lift the trophy despite having a squad full of top footballers.
In addition, the former attacker charged against the Uruguayan Darío Ubriacothe main judge of the second leg: “Later we found out that the referee had not coached for a year and the last one had been a River final. The game started and at 15 we had the entire defense reprimanded.”
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“I remember that André (Pierre-Gignac) couldn’t play, he almost lost his finger from being trampled in the first game. And then, the referee laughed at us. It’s okay, we were on the field and we accepted what the referee said. Tigres people but we weren’t going to win”the Brazilian finished his defense in a sea of tears.
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