River beat Platense with a controversial penalty: from defensive blooper to Gallardo’s complaint

River and Platense closed the sunday session that defined the quarterfinal crossings of the Professional League Cup. In the triumph of the Millionaire by 2 to 1, there were several key plays that determined the development of the match and that gave to talk. The most striking was the controversial penalty with which Núñez’s team won, after an alleged infraction that referee Patricio Loustau did not even go to see at VAR. In addition, a defensive blooper from River led to the Squid’s equalizer, which was not charged a penalty.

Within 10 minutes of play, River took the lead with a goal from Jose Paradela. However, the millionaire’s joy was short-lived because, three minutes later, a defensive misunderstanding allowed Platense to reach the equalizer. Goalkeeper Ezequiel Centurión (who replaced Franco Armani) played with Leandro González Pires. After the return of the defender, neither the goalkeeper nor Emanuel Mammana went to look for it, then Horacio Tijanovich took advantage of it, who slept the River players and played for Brian Mansilla, who put the 1 to 1.Previously, when the game was still without goals, there was an infraction of González Pires to Tijanovich, who hits with his elbow on the back of the neck,  within the River area that was not sanctioned.
The great controversy of the night occurred after half an hour of the second half. Elías Gómez went to look for a past center with Ignacio Schor. Inside the area, the Platense player threw himself to prevent the full-back from sending the centre and, at that moment, River’s man fell. Immediately, Loustau did not hesitate and charged penalty, beyond the doubts that remained about the alleged infraction. Without reviewing the play in the VAR despite the request of the visiting players, the penalty was a fact and Julián Álvarez changed it for a goal to score the final 2 to 1.
Marcelo Gallardo’s complaint
Beyond the triumph of River, who reached the last date with the classification assured, the millionaire coach questioned that the dates and times of the quarterfinals were not established. This should be defined from before, because we need to have order for the next matches. But it is like seeing how to accommodate things as they are presented. We do not have precision of when we are going to play and it should already be known on Sunday night, because the format was good until now, “said the Doll after the game.
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