04/25/2020 - 14:39
- Clarín.com
- sports
The final against Germany in Italy 90 is a thorn that all fans of the Argentina National Team were nailed to. And many continue to point to Edgardo Codesal, the referee of that match, as one of the great culprits of that defeat due to the criminal controversy that he charged Roberto Sensini a few minutes from the end. In fact, Diego Maradona even branded the Mexican as a thief for his performance and now the judge came out to respond to the icon of that team led by Carlos Bilardo.
"If I apply the regulations because of the insult he makes to the entire stadium, I should have expelled him before the game," Codesal began to talk about that meeting, in dialogue with Tirando Paredes.
He added: "But obviously I tried to calm him down and tell him: 'We are in a final of the world, you are one of the best players in the world.' And he did not want to understand it. By law, I could have kicked him out."
Then, he recounted in detail what Pelusa told him when he threw Pedro Monzón out at 65 minutes. "He came and told me that he already knew that FIFA had hatched a robbery, he could also have expelled him. I contemplated him for being an excellent player, but as a person he is one of the worst I have ever met," he assured.
The red of Codesal al Moncho (La Voz del Interior newspaper).
He also reviewed what he felt at the time that Maradona publicly crossed him in Mexico. "When he was in Querétaro, when he was in Dorados, they asked him if he knew he lived here and he told me that he did not know that there were so many thieves here. That type of thing, despite the fact that 30 years passed to justify what he did not achieve on the court, they don't make me change what I did or what I would do again if I had the opportunity, "he said.
Finally, Codesal took his foot off the gas and threw a cross at Diez. "I have many anecdotes with him on the court, because it was not the first time that we crossed paths. In the semifinal of Mexico 86, I was the fourth referee and I stood next to him in the hymns. When they finish, Maradona tells him to his teammates "we are going because today we are killing them." He was a guy who transmitted not only football on the field but he was a leader, "he concluded.