The
Regional Amateur
Soccer Tournament delivered four direct promotions to
Federal A
, the prelude to the
Primera Nacional
, and there were winners and losers throughout the extensive Argentine territory.
And there was also scandal
.
The fact is that in the duel that
Deportivo Rincón
won on penalties against
Colón de San Justo
ended with a brutal attack on the referee Luis Martínez and his assistants - all from the San Rafael league - for their controversial interventions during the match played on the
Estudiantes field.
Fourth quarter
.
Colón de San Justo
, led by Mauricio Chiementín, had just won the final of the Southern Litoral Region and started ahead on the scoreboard thanks to
Guido Rancez
's goal .
But in the second half the team from the Neuquén town of Rincón de Los Sauces equalized through the opportunism of
Fernando Inda
.
Violent ending in the duel for promotion in the Regional Amateur Tournament between Colón de San Justo and Deportivo Rincón de Rincón de los Sauces.
Photo: TV Capture
Referee Martínez was between the eyebrows of the Santa Fe team for two specific actions: he annulled Colón's 2-1 score due to an offside that was not the case and, in the penalty shootout, he had one of the shots repeated due to an alleged overtaking by the goalkeeper.
Gonzalo Chaves
, who had covered the shot with a spectacular flight.
Before, he had correctly sent off Matías Fantín for an elbow and had left Colón with ten players.
After the end of the match,
the players from the Santa Fe team went to complain to the referee team for the controversial ending: there were fights
and one of the assistants was the one who took the worst part.
The intervention of the Police prevented the matter from escalating.
Violent outcome for one of the 4 finals of the Amateur Regional: the Colón de San Justo players reacted and ATTACKED the referee Luis Martínez after losing the promotion due to penalties vs.
Deportivo Rincón de Los Sauces on the Estudiantes (RC) field.
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The other three promotions to Federal A
In other matches of the day, Gutiérrez Sport Club de Mendoza defeated Defensores de Formosa by 3 to 1 and achieved another of the four direct promotions to Federal A for this season.
The Cuyans achieved promotion at the Juan Pablo Francia stadium, owned by Sportivo Belgrano in San Francisco, Córdoba, after recovering from Cristian Estigarribia's goal (56m. PT) for the loser and turning it around with the goals of Joaquín Ignacio Trentín (2m. ST ), Francisco Agost (17m. ST) and Lautaro Parisi (23m. ST).
For its part, at Arsenal de Sarandí's Julio Humberto Grondona stadium, Kimberley from Mar del Plata defeated Camioneros de Esteban Etcheverría in the penalty shootout by 3 to 1, after equaling 0 to 0 at the end of the 90 regulation minutes. and also achieved category promotion.
In another final, at the Bicentenario stadium in Catamarca, Sarmiento of the Banda de Santiago del Estero obtained a resounding 3-0 victory against Altos Hornos Zapla de Palpalá (Jujuy) and the Federal A. Rodrigo Herrera (4m. PT) will also play ), Claudio Vega (12m. PT) and Pablo López (7m. ST) scored the goals.
Revenge for the losers
In any case, the losers of the finals will have a new opportunity to obtain promotion to Federal A, since a mini tournament will be played by direct elimination (semifinals and final) for the fifth promotion.
In the semifinals, Camioneros will face Defensores de Formosa and Colón de San Justo against Altos Hornos Zapla.
Both the semifinals and the final will be a single match and on a neutral court.
With information from Télam