07/20/2021 22:07
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 07/20/2021 10:07 PM
Boca was eliminated by penalties against Atlético Mineiro in Belo Horizonte, but
the series was under the magnifying glass due to the controversial performance of the VAR
that annulled Miguel Russo's team two goals that seemed legal, one in the first leg in the Bombonera and another in the Mineirao.
For this reason, after the game the Boca players went to ask Uruguayan referee Esteban Ostojich for explanations and
serious incidents were recorded in the changing rooms
.
In the bowels of Mineirao, Boca players, leaders such as Jorge el Patron Bermúdez, members of the coaching staff and friends
met the police in the hallways of the stadium
.
Everything happened: insults, threats and even blunt objects were thrown.
Until the police intervened and repressed the players
and members of the Argentine team delegation with tear gas and a defiant attitude.
Conmebol, which after the first leg decided to suspend Colombian referee Andrés Rojas and VAR manager, Paraguayan Derlis López, must review Esteban Ostojich's performance.
And also, the entity that governs South American football, must give explanations on how it manages technology.
The series between Boca and Atlético Mineiro will be remembered for the role played by the referees of both games and for the controversial - and suspicious - decisions that were taken to annul Diego González's goals in the first leg - due to an imperceptible push from Norberto Briasco- and Marcelo Weigandt in the rematch -for a millimetric advanced position from Pulpo González-.
A true scandal that calls into question the transparency of Conmebol
and the use of technology in football.
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