Moments after the end of the round of 32 match of the
Argentine Cup
that
Deportivo Riestra beat Comunicaciones 1-0
, defined by a scandalous penalty that referee Joaquín Gil took when the seventh minute of addition of the second half was being played, the president of the Postman,
Ezequiel Segura,
vented all his anger on the air on radio La Red.
In the six minutes that the radio note lasted, Segura used the word
"shame"
eleven times to refer to the judge's actions in the match played at the Alfredo Beranger stadium, Temperley field.
And that was the softest thing he said.
"IT IS THE COUNTRY OF WORLD CHAMPIONS, WE CANNOT HAVE THIS ARBITRATION", strong statements by Ezequiel Segura, president of Communications, after the scandalous penalty with which Riestra won the Argentine Cup.
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"I'm outraged. It's a shame that these things happen in the country of the world champions. You can't believe it. They
had told me that this referee was dangerous and today I confirmed it,"
he shot at Gil, who took a penalty in one of the last plays of the game due to a non-existent foul by Christian Montero on Gonzalo Bravo.
There was barely any contact and the Riestra footballer dropped.
"I am with my eight-year-old son crying uncontrollably. This is what these people generate.
This guy cannot lead any more, he cannot lead any more, he should return to San Pedro, he should buy a farm with what they must have given him." and start planting oranges,"
said Segura, who became more and more hot as he spoke.
And it didn't stop there.
"This can't happen anymore in Argentine soccer. It can't be allowed anymore. I want to know who decided that this man should come to direct here.
If (Federico) Beligoy appointed him, let him take responsibility for the disaster he made.
If he doesn't take action attitude after this, we have to rethink what we are doing" he added.
"Football has to be built by honest people, with or without VAR," he said later, when asked about the implementation of the technology in all instances of the Argentine Cup.
"I suppose they will make a decision based on what happened, but that's it. Comunicaciones is left out unfairly having played all year to qualify for the Argentine Cup," he added.
And he returned to the referee:
"Leaders of the Primera Nacional told me that he is a hitman. They put a hitman on us. He came and ruined us."