After the draw in their debut against Platense, Newell’s will have to face their second match in the tournament next Friday since 8:00 p.m. Gabriel Heinze’s team will receive Vélez at the Marcelo Bielsa stadium, with refereeing by Fernando Espinoza. This latest news resounded on social networks because leper fans do not have a good memory of the judge.
In the previous warm-up for the game on September 11 of last year, between Newell’s and Gimnasia, some silver plate players insulted Espinoza while he was doing his pre-competitive exercises. In response, the judge He responded to them in a very particular way.: He looked towards the audience, smiled, bent down to cut some grass and showed it to the audience.. A provocative gesture that can be interpreted as treating them as “donkeys”.
This is how referee Fernando Espinoza incites violence to the people of Newell’s. Then they talk about setting an example and sew. pic.twitter.com/bxyeI6vqkB
– ARGENTINIAN FOOTBALL ���� (@TodaLaPrimeraA)
September 11, 2022
Later, during the game, there were some debatable plays, such as a handball in the area by a gymnastics player that the referee judged not punishable. Anyway, the favorable result for Leprosy made it remain in the background.
That episode was revived this Tuesday on social networks, when it became known what would be the arbitration committee that will arrive in Rosario next Friday.