River turned it around and ended up taking the victory in their visit to Banfield by 2 to 1, in a match that was not spared controversy and again had VAR as the protagonist. El Millonario lost 1-0 when Pablo Echavarría checked a hand of Franco Quinteros inside the area and sanctioned a penalty for the visit. Enzo Fernández changed the shot for goal for the partial draw, after a ruling that Marcelo Gallardo himself described as “chargeable” as “not chargeable.” Is it chargeable? Yes. Is it not chargeable? It is also non-chargeable. You have to say things as they are,” the Doll said at a press conference.
The big controversy of the night: Quinteros missed the header and ended up touching the ball with his hand. The referee was called by var, checked her and ended up collecting a penalty for River. What do you think? pic.twitter.com/JRB9AnCtHe — SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN)
April 18, 2022
And he remarked: “The regulation is half confusing. If there is no unified criterion it will be very difficult. This type of controversy will always be generated. In some it is charged, in others it is not, there the controversy is generated”. In that sense, the millionaire coach recalled a similar situation that they had to live in the same stadium two years ago. “Two years ago they charged Ponzio a hand here for a similar move. He wants to nod, he hits him in the arm and they charged us a penalty. That’s why I say it’s hard to measure intent,” he said.
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