Universitario de Deportes: what does the regulation say about the attack suffered by Alex Valera against Independiente Santa Fe in which Marlon Torres put his hand into it? | FOOTBALL-PERUVIAN

In El Campín de Bogotá, the 17th minute of the first half of the match between University of Sports and Independiente Santa Fe, for date 5 of the Copa Sudamericana. The creams already found themselves with one less player on the field of play, due to the expulsion of Nelson Cabanillas (13 minutes), so the ten remaining cream players tried to recover from what that blow and the one caused after the first score for the locals: Hugo Rodallega at 28 minutes.

For this reason, and with the whole match against them, Jorge Fossati’s men tried to advance their lines, being an action -carried out by Alex Valera and Marlon Torres, the one who sparked the controversy in the match, as it was considered a direct attack on the merengue player that the main referee of the contest, the Chilean Felipe González, -and the VAR- decided to ignore.

In the midst of this scenario, we resorted to the international regulations to find details about the sanction that should have been imposed by the judge of the contest against the Independiente Santa Fe player, who not only violated the integrity of the striker from University of Sportsbut also left an unsportsmanlike image with his actions on Colombian soil.

Article 12 of the CONMEBOL disciplinary regulations indicates that any red card will be sanctioned “Unsportsmanlike conduct against rival players or other people who are not match officials, pronouncing terms or expressions that violate decorum or dignity or using gestures or gestures contrary to good sporting order”.

Said rules add that any athlete who “use language or act in an offensive, insulting or humiliating way”something that occurred on the playing field of El Campín de Bogotá in the clash for South American Cup.

The university schedule

After this duel for the fifth round of Group G of the Copa Sudamericana, University of Sports will play again this weekend when they visit Sport Huancayo for date 19 of the 2023 Opening Tournament. This commitment is scheduled for Sunday, June 11 from 6:00 p.m. and will be held at the IPD stadium in Huancayo, broadcast by DIRECTV Sports and League 1 Max.

Although Alianza Lima was proclaimed the winner of the Apertura and the ‘U’ ran out of chances to overcome it, it is essential for those from Ate to win in the ‘Incontrastable’ thinking about the accumulated position table, something that will be key to the definition of the teams that will classify the play-offs for the national title. Let’s remember that as a visitor in League 1, the creams have these records: three wins, one draw and four losses.

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