Valentín Barco
is a cracker, or has a cracker's future, but he also has attitudes that are difficult for a professional footballer to understand.
An argument in his favor is that he is a boy of only 19 years old, although he has started in a Libertadores final with the Boca shirt and has just closed his move to the Premier in exchange for 10 million Dollars.
El Colo once again showed its less reliable side in
Argentina
's clash against
Venezuela
for the
Under 23 Olympic Qualifiers
.
There were 43 minutes of a complicated first half for Mascherano's team, which played better but had a difficult time against Vinotinto and the fervor of the local fans.
The goalkeeper Brey gave away the first goal and the defender Vivas returned kindness by heading into his own goal.
The result was a tie, and Argentina sought to react.
The match became momentous given that Brazil lost to Paraguay in the other quadrangular match, causing any setback to turn the group upside down.
We had to add three, everyone on the Albiceleste team knew it.
But when the ball is running and emotions are triggered, there are reactions that cannot be contained.
A tumult, some pushing, and the Ecuadorian referee Augusto Aragón who came to establish order and quickly showed a red card for the Venezuelan Bryant Ortega, and a while later he did the same in front of Barco's face, who reacted immutably, walking towards the locker room. .
DOUBLE EXPULSION🟥!
Valentín Barco and Jesús Ortega threw the ball at each other, the fourth referee saw them and they both went to the locker room.
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In the TV replay we saw what happened: Barco grabbed a ball with his hand and threw it in Ortega's face, who joined the Argentine's provocation and returned the childish gesture, captured by the cameras.
It is worth remembering that the final home run of the Pre-Olympic marks the entry of the VAR into the matches of this competition, so it was very difficult for the referee or his assistants to ignore the back and forth between Barco and Ortega.
The harmed?
Argentina and Venezuela, who were left with 10. And the footballers themselves, who will miss (at least) the next date.