Just as his production in the game was forceful, with a couple of saves typical of a great goalkeeper, also Sergio Romero He left his mark with words. If he Superclassic River-Boca finished hot, Little much more. And she did not hide it. He was very hard on the referee Darío Herrera for the penalty that he sanctioned and that defined the Superclásico.
“If that penalty play was in River’s area, he wouldn’t charge it directly,” Romero said. “The penalty play was very doubtful. The referee told me that it was a clear penalty and I told him that he had to go see it in VAR, but he kept what he had seen on the pitch,” Chiquito said. And he rounded off: “Seeing it well, it is not pittable. It is a minimal friction, if there is one. It should never have been pointed out. It is a normal game play. We are going to lose.”
Later, Romero focused on the general arbitration of the match: “Villa was fouled three times in a row on the right and left side and Herrera never got the yellow card. That was the second yellow card for that player. Everything becomes very difficult. And if from the VAR they tell him it was a penalty, even more difficult”.
Chiquito also left a strong gaze on Agustín Palavecino, who yelled the goal in his face and unleashed the scandal that led to six expulsions: “For a boy from River to yell the goal in the face of our players is a terrible lack of respect. I told Palavecino, Enzo Pérez and Demichelis. Instead of leaving with his teammates, he stayed in front of us yelling at us for the goal. I told him ‘what are you doing?’
Demichelis does not bite his tongue
From River’s side, the most spicy testimony was that of Martín Demichelis. The coach pointed out a Boca defender for a statement he had made in the preview: “(Nicolás) Figal disrespected one of the most wonderful stadiums in the world. He said that ‘they were going to win in Chile and play a good game in the Gallinero’. And the Monumental is the largest in South America. 83,000 people come here every game. Yes, Figal was respectful to us, saying that they came to have a good game, not saying that they came to win. Maybe he felt respect for River. And they didn’t even play a good game”.
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