The matches between River and Boca always generate controversy
. There were and there will be. And even when there are none, there will always be some arbitration decision to analyze. Much more so if the match is a direct elimination match like the one on Sunday at the Mario Kempes in Córdoba.
The Superclásicos are like that
. They are lived with a lot of emotion, tension and effervescence. Passion on the surface.
And here we propose a review of the discussions that generated the last 10 clashes between the eternal rivals
.
In 2021 there were five duels
. The first of them was played at dawn of that year, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. It was January 2 in La Bombonera for the “Diego Maradona” Cup. And the match ended tied 2 to 2. The most discussed action was an elbow by
Jorman Campuzano
on
Jorge Carrascal
. The referee
Fernando Rapallini
sanctioned the Boca midfielder with a yellow card, but the impression left by the play is that the direct expulsion corresponded, because Campuzano "measured" the River player and left his elbow very high, and it impacted him at the height of the neck, in an unsportsmanlike action, after Carrascal had already gotten rid of the ball. Then, in the second half, Campuzano ended up seeing red after a second yellow for a foul on Matías Suárez.
Enzo Pérez
was also expelled in River
, correctly.
The next Superclásico was two and a half months later, also in La Bombonera and on date 4 of the Championship Phase of the so-called Diego Armando Maradona Cup. They tied 1 to 1 and although there were two expelled, one from each side, there were no reasons for protest. Both
Carlos Zambrano
and
Milton Casco
correctly saw the red card from the referee of that match,
Facundo Tello
. The only thing to note is that perhaps the Peruvian should have seen a direct red card and not a second yellow for elbowing Matías Suárez.
A couple of months later they saw each other again at the Bombonera. It was for the quarterfinals of the League Cup, as will happen this Sunday. In the run-up, River suffered a massive coronavirus infection, so
Marcelo Gallardo
had to complete the team with youth players. It was a 1-1 draw and Xenieze advanced to the round on penalties.
The controversy was in the Boca goal scored by
Carlos Tevez
, about which River complained about a push by the former striker to Jonatan Maidana, which the main referee Tello and the number 1 assistant Gabriel Chade (on the same line of the play) omitted .
"It was a very serious mistake that the referees did not see...It was a clear foul by Tevez on Maidana
," Muñeco later unloaded.
In August there was another crossing with elimination. It was in the
round of 16 of the Argentine Cup
and Boca once again passed through penalties at Ciudad de La Plata. But it was not without controversy. Referee
Patricio Loustau
did not send off
Marcos Rojo for a brutal kick on
Julián Álvarez
's back
.
In the following Superclásico, played at the Monumental by the Professional League and with River winning by 2 to 1,
Rojo did see the red after two yellow cards that Fernando Rapallini gave him in just 15 minutes
. Boca's complaint was because they considered the man in black's plight excessive and questioned him about the first foul he charged against Braian Romero.
The first classic of 2022 was played again in Núñez. And it was a 1-0 victory for Boca with a goal from
Sebastián Villa
, after a blunder by
Leandro González Pirez
. Curiously,
it was a match without controversy in which referee Darío Herrera went unnoticed
.
The next match, played in the Bombonera, was
Marcelo Gallardo's last Superclásico
. Boca won 1 to 0 with a header from
Darío Benedetto
. And after the match, emphasis was placed on the strong leg of the 'xeneizes' players, but only at the end of the match was
Marcos Rojo
sent off for a
kick to the head
by
Nicolás De La Cruz
. Meanwhile, Rodrigo Aliendro suffered
a jaw fracture
after hitting his face with Alan Varela's knee, after an infraction by the Boca player, but
the outcome of the action was involuntary
.
On May 7, 2023, River hosted Boca at the Monumental, in what was
Martín Demichelis
' first Superclásico . Núñez's team won it in stoppage time with a penalty goal from
Miguel Borja
. The infraction that was charged from
Sandez to Solari was highly discussed by the
Xeneize players against
Darío Herrera
because they considered that the River forward exaggerated it.
After the Colombian scored, a
pitched battle
broke out after
Agustín Palavecino
shouted the goal in the faces of some Boca players. The River midfielder ended up expelled, as did his teammates
Elías Gómez
and
Ezequiel Centurión
who were on the substitute bench. And three Boca footballers also went to the showers:
Miguel Merentiel
,
Ezequiel Fernández
and
Nicolás Valentini
.
In October of last year, they faced each other in La Bombonera for the League Cup and River won again, this time by 2-0. When the match was 1-0,
Edinson Cavani scored a goal but it was disallowed due to an offside position. millimeter
that was reviewed
several times in the VAR
. Also from the Xeneize side, there was a protest about an alleged foul by Paulo Díaz at the beginning of the play that culminated in Salomón Rondón's first Millonario goal.
After the match, Jorge Almirón, then Boca coach, harshly targeted
Andrés Merlos
:
“The referee said everywhere that he is a River fan. That cannot happen because he lends himself to these confusions and doubts. The foul was clear because we were next to the bench. The play continues and they score you the goal. And the play of the goal in favor is millimetric
. ”
The last Superclásico was last February 25. That day they tied 1-1 at the Monumental. The questions towards the referee
Yael Falcón Pérez
, the same one who will direct on Sunday in Córdoba, was that
he did not send off
Andrés Herrera
for a violent foul on
Kevin Zenón
, which was sanctioned only with yellow.
What will be talked about on Sunday after the match at Kempes ends? A Superclásico will always leave controversy...