Time passed, but Boca
fans
are still choked by the seventh
Copa Libertadores
that was not, due to the defeat against
Fluminense
, which also had the expulsion of
Frank Fabra
that was recorded in the fans as one of the explanations for the lost final.
"I made a mistake like the expulsion, I was more hurt by the penalty and that's where my argument with the referee begins. I take responsibility for my mistake. We are going to continue working to improve," said the Colombian after the match, chosen by the television as the figure.
The left winger spoke after more than two months, since after the Cup setback he did not offer statements.
In that match, Fabra complained about a foul inside the area for which he claimed a penalty that was not sanctioned.
The expulsion of Fabra in the final of the Copa Libertadores.
Photo: REUTERS
Then, when the Brazilian team was left with 10 due to the expulsion of John Kennedy and Boca needed to tie to force penalties, Fabra also saw red.
Thus, he went from hero to villain and it is a stigma that still cannot be shaken.
“I have never liked to talk.
As my teammates know, I focused more on the penalty and with their player who told me: 'don't go black' and things like that.
So I focused on that, nothing happens, I take responsibility for my mistake," Fabra concluded.
Before breaking the silence, the Colombian made the news because at the beginning of the preseason he gave one of the team's props the motorcycle that he had received for being the outstanding player in the 2022 League Cup final, in which Boca played. against Diego Martínez's Tigre, today Xeneize coach.
The motorcycle arrived due to his performance, which included a goal, but at the time of delivery, there were no statements but a photo next to the vehicle and Nelson Genez, the recipient of the gift.
The good performance in the goalless draw against Platense put him back in Boca de Todos, amid rumors that indicate that he will put an end to his career at Xeneize after eight years at the club.
🎙️ Frank Fabra on the final of the Copa Libertadores: “I made a mistake, I was hurt by the penalty and that's where my argument with the referee begins.
I take responsibility for my mistake.
We are going to continue working to improve.”
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— Julián Capera (@JulianCaperaB) January 28, 2024
Since he arrived at Boca in January 2016, after having worn the shirts of Envigado (he made his professional debut on July 22, 2010 in a match against Cúcuta), Deportivo Cali and Independiente Medellín, the player born in Nechí played 224 games and scored 14 goals with the Auriazul jacket.
Although it was difficult for him to take over the position in his first semester (the incumbent then was Jonathan Silva), he became a fixture once he got it.
He celebrated nine titles, but the arrival of Lautaro Blanco from Rosario, from Spanish Elche, and Diego Martínez's preference for Uruguayan Marcelo Saracchi seem to pave the way for the departure of the left back, whom Portland Timbers, from Major League Soccer, want .