Sergio Romero
, the
Boca
goalkeeper , has plenty of experience
.
That is why
Chiquito
was the first to speak after the agonizing defeat at the hands of
River
in the
Superclásico
.
And he did not go round and round: he pointed against Agustín Palavecino for having unleashed the scandal, he questioned the arbitration of Darío Herrera for the penalty he received and for the red ones he showed Miguel Merentiel, Nicolás Valentini and Equi Fernández and considered that "
zero Zero would have been a good result."
"The penalty play is very doubtful. I asked the referee and he told me that it is a clear penalty. At no time did he consult the VAR from what I understand. Seeing the play, it is not a collectible penalty, it is a minimal touch and it should not have never be charged. It is not a kick that blew off his leg. I asked the River player (for Pablo Solari) and he told me "it's my turn" and he touched his shin guard," Romero started.
And he continued: "We leave with a very bitter feeling. I told Palavecino and all the River boys to their faces. With the previous coach they had managed to get everyone to speak well of them and now it is a total lack of respect that They yell the goal in our faces. I told Enzo, Demichelis and everyone. When I went to grab him I said: what are you doing?"
He immediately pointed the cannons at referee Herrera.
"After the game I asked him why he threw three of us. He told me because they were all throwing pineapples. I asked Valentini and he told me I didn't throw any pineapple. It is very difficult to define Herrera's refereeing. He told me to my face that from the VAR they told him that it was a penalty and it was not like that. In the first half he had done a good job, but in the second the game got out of hand," Chiquito said.
At the touch, before a new query from journalists, Romero returned to the infraction of Agustín Sández that ended in the penalty that made the difference.
"The penalty is very punctual. I just saw it and it's not a clear penalty. It's hard to know what Herrera's thinking is. If he stays with his ego to say I saw it and it's a penalty or if he asks the VAR. No He went to VAR, he didn't ask and it hurt us. He was going to finish zero to zero nailed and it would have been a good result for us."
And it did not stop there: "I have serious doubts that Herrera asked the VAR as he told me to my face. Solari's leg doesn't even move forward like when you get kicked. When you have the technology it's not very difficult ask and they answer you. The VAR should provide solutions, they brought the technology but it's a sin that they didn't use it today and they have harmed us. This same play in the River area would not have been charged".
Finally, beyond the bitterness for the three points that were left on the way, the former goalkeeper of the Argentine National Team, was satisfied with the evolution of Boca since the arrival of Jorge Almirón to the substitute bench.
"Another Boca is being seen. We are on the right track. They come a long way ahead. We have to raise our heads and continue."
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