The former coach of Venezuela and Bolivia, the Venezuelan César Farías, was expelled this Sunday for attacking two Delfín players, the Argentines Alexis Rodríguez and Bryan Oyola, in the middle of a match against Aucas in the Pro League of Ecuador.
The defender of Aucas, Luis Cangá, pushed Rodríguez in a play near the Aucas technical area, for which the Argentine fell with all his weight on Farías, who ended up falling. When Rodríguez rejoined and approached the coach to apologize, Farias punched him.
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Then, oyola He approached the coach, but he was also received with a punch by Farías, for which reason the referee of the match, Gabriel González expelled the coach in minute 18, that delayed his departure from the field of the Jocay stadium in the port city of Manta.
The unusual event occurred in the match corresponding to the penultimate date of the first phase, in which Aucas lost 1-0 at the end of the first half, with a score by Rodríguez, after a great action by his compatriot Oyola.
He arrived and won the league title
Farías arrived at Aucas last year, awarding them the historic title of the Ecuadorian first division, which earned them a qualification for the current Copa Libertadores, where they debuted in the tournament with the historic 2-1 victory over the champion of the Libertadores de 2022, Flamengo, from Brazil.
Colista in the Copa Libertadores
However, Farías’s team is bottom in group A, with 4 points, while Racing, from Argentina, is first with 10 points, Flamengo, who will receive Aucas on the last date, has 8, and the Chilean Ñublense, third, with 5 units.
In the Pro League, Aucas is seventh, with 21 points.