River vs. Boca already has a referee: who will direct the Superclásico

The Professional League informed that he will direct the Superclásico, next Sunday from 5:00 p.m. at the Monumental. His antecedents with the Millionaire and the Xeneize.

The Professional League raffled the referees for all the matches on date 14 and it was defined who will be in charge of delivering justice in the duel between River and Boca: Fernando Rapallini was appointed as the main judge of the Superclásico.

The referee will be accompanied by the assistants Juan Pablo Belatti and Yamil Bonfá: They are the Argentine arbitration team that participated in the last European Championship (they were in the meeting between Ukraine and North Macedonia).

Darío Herrera were the other main candidate to direct the meeting between River and Boca. Finally, in the draw, Rapallini was appointed, who will have the responsibility of imparting justice in the Superclásico, which will be played at the Monumental stadium, this Sunday, from 5:00 p.m.

The background of Fernando Rapallini in Superclásicos

Rapallini’s debut was much closer in time, but it marked the milestone of being the first post-final Superclásico of the Copa Libertadores 2018 in Madrid. And this year he repeated with controversy, for that elbow by Jorman Campuzano to the throat of Jorge Carrascal for whom his yellow had little flavor.

– 9/1/2019: River 0-0 Mouth

7 yellows to Boca / 3 yellows to Boca

– 1/3/2021: Boca 2-2 River

3 yellow and 1 red to Boca (Campuzano) / 2 yellow and 1 red to River (Enzo Pérez).

Rapallini with River and Boca

He directed River 30 times, and between them he won 19, drew nine and lost two, and sent off three players.

Con Boca were 24 games, with 10 successes, seven parities and seven mishaps, and two footballers saw the red one.

How Beligoy sees Rapallini, Superclásico referee

Federico Beligoy, national director of refereeing, assured that Fernando Rapallini is “a referee with a lot of personality, physical display, a lot of presence in the areas”. In turn, he stated that “he warns and talks to the players.” And he sentenced: “He is the typical Argentine referee, who understands football.”