This anecdote is a reminder of how lack of control that football can be, and above all, its fans.
22 years ago, Atlanta and Cambaceres They made history starring one of the most curious games of football. A controversial arbitration decision and an angry turner of fans offended by the ruling, resulted in what is known as “The longest penalty in the world“
With this event, football shows that sometimes the strangest episodes are born from the conjunction of arbitral errors, inappropriate behaviors in the stands and, above all, of decisions that transcend the game minute.
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A penalty, a suspension and 24 days of waiting: this began the story in Ensenada
It all started April 5, 2003when on the sixth date of the final phase of the First Metropolitan B the passions were lit in the meeting between Cambaceres and Atlanta. The meeting, which already accumulated tensions due to the fight against the descent and the pressure of results, became the stage of something far beyond a simple party.
The drama broke out in the last stages of the party. During the complement, referee Alejandro Toia pointed out a controversial penalty in favor of Atlanta. The play originated after a series of rebounds within the area that culminated with a clash between the defender and the young debutant Juan Bautista Branz. With the decision that The ball had hit the handor, according to the player’s claim, the “belly,” Toia did not hesitate to expel the offender.
However, The tension in the environment did not take long to climb. The Ensenada stands, plunged into songs that included anti -Semitic expressions and violent attitudes, prevented the continuity of the meeting. With just six minutes to the end, given the risk that the confrontation becomes uncontrollable, the referee decided suspend the game. Thus, the first chapter of a story was sealed that would take 24 days to have an outcome.
The definition on a neutral and without public court: how the most unusual match ended
The final decision came from the AFA discipline courtthat, to avoid new tensions and protect the development of the meeting, determined that the resumption would be carried out in totally different conditions. The penalty that had remained in Limbo would be resolved in a Neutral courtwithout the presence of the public, to ensure that the definition will be carried out in a form Safe and orderly.
He April 29, 2003in the stadium Argentinos de Quilmesthe remaining minutes of the meeting were resumed, even adding three discount, and the long -awaited criminal was executed from the 11 steps. Lucas Ferreiroin charge of the definition, put the end point to a story that, with a 24 -day wait, enrolled in football books as “the longest penalty in the world.”
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