There will be a lot of talk in the coming hours and days about Esequiel Barco
's challenge to coach
Martín Demichelis'
authority
.
Soccer players are brave, you know.
And sometimes capricious.
It is true that the result is what ends up tipping the balance to one side or the other.
What would have happened if Barco scored the penalty?
THE ROOSTER CATCHED!!
DEVECCHI STOPPED THE PENALTY AT BARCO!!
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The sequence was clear.
Néstor Breitenbruch brought down Ignacio Fernández inside the area and Arasa scored the penalty.
Barco got a ball under his arm and Borja another.
There was a fight and the midfielder won;
The Colombian volleyed the ball into the stands.
The former Independiente's execution went to the middle and José Devecchi saved it with his right leg.
But the VAR observed Alexis Flores' zone invasion and the penalty was taken again.
BARCO THROWED HIS SECOND PENALTY INTO THE CLOUDS!!
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There the challenge to authority occurred because an energetic Demichelis ordered Barco not to kick and for Borja to do so.
Nacho Fernández went to persuade him, but he couldn't do it.
The Colombian attacker slapped the creative midfielder on the face as a sign of support.
The shot went several meters over the crossbar and the coach was ejected from the substitute bench chewing up more than just anger.
They were 28 minutes into the initial stage.
In the remainder of the first stage, Demichelis gave no indications and stood with his arms crossed.
Barco, meanwhile, almost didn't touch the ball.
When Arasa scored the end, all his teammates went to cheer on Barco, while the coach quickly went into the locker room with a grim look on his face.
Good gesture: Borja consoled Barco in Tucumán.
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Of course it is not the first time Barco has an attitude like this
.
In March of last year, in a match against Godoy Cruz, he had denied Lucas Beltrán the execution of a penalty, who was looking for his first hat-tick in the First Division.
And the decision that Micho made at halftime will also have something to talk about: he took him out to put on the youthful Franco Mastantuono.