irons, elbows, blows, blood and expulsions

Boca y Racing They played in the Bombonera a game that had several pending accounts. The one in the League last year, defined on the last date for Xeneize but with a couple of finals in between in which there were controversies and many expulsions. All this was refloated on this date 14 of the 2023 League.

The referee Merlos He did not know how to handle the game well, with the typical dolling of his own in which the judges sometimes fall, ignoring clear infractions that were heating up the process play by play. The VAR did not assist him adequately either. In the first half they let a slight head butt but finally Hauche head butt into Payero’s face. In the second, they saw as a warning a treacherous iron shot from the boy Valentín Barcos that could have injured Mura.

Such a strong leg escalation led to a kick from Piovi to Vázquez, when the ball was no longer in play. And in the tumult he decided to do the easy thing, get two players a red card so as not to complicate: Payero could have deserved it, Nardoni must be wondering why he saw the showers before. Piovi continued on the court.

It was there that Villa recklessly opened his arm and split open Mura’s head, who had to be replaced covered in blood. For the referee and the VAR, the Colombian did not warrant any sanction.

At the end, with the game already settled for Boca and the result 3-1, Moreno could have been sent off after hitting Medina not once but twice when the referee had already called the offense. Merlos had already decided that the game had to end without further incident.

It was the balance of another hot edition of the classic between Boca and Racing, which will surely have more chapters in the coming years.