Let's start with something obvious.
The diagonal camera does not contribute to the rigor of football that is intended to be millimetric.
"He had the nail of his big toe forward," the narrator will say.
Ask Gimnasia de la Plata, if not, they disallowed a goal that would have been their second victory in a row in the classic against Estudiantes.
But it was not the only one.
Defense and Justice had a penalty taken away for a fine offside.
And in Santiago del Estero there was a crash in the area minutes from the end.
Go on go on.
On Sunday around 6:10 p.m. an elephant passed through the River field
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The fact is that, saving the distance, Yacaré Herrera paid tribute to Krupoviesa's historic kick against Rolfi Montengro.
That one in 2006 was a karate shot, it's true.
And, although more subtle and a little lower, the tackle by the Millonario side on Zenón six minutes into the second half deserved the red.
Not only because he took him down from behind to cut a counter, but because of the violence.
The VAR did not call and Falcón Pérez barely admonished him.
#CopadelaLiga Very tough, Yacaré!
Herrera went all out against Zenón and saw yellow in the superclásico.
Was it for something else?
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Let's add a detail: after 10 minutes Herrera turned Cavani on the right wing.
It was not a VAR play but it was Yellow which, added to the second half, would have meant a red for the Millionaire player.
It was so obvious that Herrera was "playing for free" that at 13 minutes (7 after the kick to Zenón), Demichelis replaced the former San Lorenzo with Sant'Anna.
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17 minutes of the first half were played in the Bosque plantase when the Uruguayan Matías Abaldo, against the right side and at the height of the central circle, left Ivo Mammini one-on-one with the goalkeeper Pincha.
The Lobo player resolved in a masterful manner, however the goal was annulled by a millimeter offside.
The Professional League shared the VAR audios: "Factual decision, offside," Silvio Trucco tells Dóvalo for cockroach and they slap the goal away from Madelón's team.
"The rules are clear in that sense and no matter how tight the advance situation is, it must be sanctioned," explains the announcer in the official video.
It could be said that Gimnasia did not win the classic by a little bit.
Another controversy arose in the "pairing" between Defense and Justice with Riestra.
As soon as the second half started, Halcón's first attack ended with a penalty in favor after the handball of Joaquín Borja, who had just entered to play the second half in the Blanquinegro.
But after the VAR review, conducted by Yamil Possi, it was invalidated for an offside in the previous play.
The image is eloquent and there does not seem to be a forward position on the cue that enables the player from Varela's team to qualify as the cue that will most end in a Borja penalty.
However, when Uvita Fernández prepared to take the center, Possi informed Espinoza that he had offside
THEY CANCELLED A PENALTY BEFORE RISK TO DEFENSE AND JUSTICE 🖥️
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The image seems to say the opposite of the VAR decision.
The Avellaneda classic had its controversies, although in this case it seems that there was a clear decline in the line of not looking for ants in the Libertadores de América.
First, at 19 minutes, Fedorco kicked Maravilla Martínez's heel in the area.
The 9 flew into the area but the players' demand was very lukewarm.
The VAR did not call.
Was it a penalty from Fedorco to Maravilla Martínez?
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Later, towards the end of the match, a much more critical situation arose.
Racing was winning 1-0 and the game was over and Ávalos spooned a ball in the area that hit Mura's arm, at sleeve level.
As in the previous situation, penalties like those have been awarded, however Tello did not whistle and since the review they did not call him.
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The rest of the games also had their little ants.
Pushing in the Vélez Tigre area that was not sanctioned.
And a fist bump in Central Córdoba vs Atlético de Tucumán that could have defined the match in favor of the Dean.
The decision was not to alter the order.
More similar to what happened in the "pure classics" and quite different from the millimetric offsides that defined the fate of Gimnasia and Defensa y Justicia.