The expulsion of Yoshimar Yotún in the match between Sporting Cristal vs. trade union keep giving something to talk about. This time, the president of the Rimense club, Joel Rafforuled on the criterion “absurd” that the referees who manage the game have VAR. Apparently angry at the controversial plays and the red card suffered by ‘Yoshi’, the sky-blue leader raised his voice to ask that situations like those experienced at Alberto Gallardo not be repeated.
The former Cruz Azul player earned a red card from referee Pablo López for an alleged nudge against Christian Neira. The play was like this: the midfielder controlled the ball and tried to get rid of the rival with a spinner. With that movement to the left side, he hit him with an elbow in the face and the judge admonished him with a yellow card. But from the VAR they called him to correct his decision.
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“That they go to the VAR, and not only the referee, but a series of professional referees, with a cool head, contextualized of the situation, so that they analyze the situation is because they have already thought about it and evaluated it and saw that there was evidence to make a decision. There is no excuse regarding the criteria that are being used to make decisions”, Raffo commented on it.
“I am not criticizing VAR because we are competing in demanding tournaments and decisions are made based on evidence. In this case, there is concrete evidence, there are many arbitrators to make a decision. And there can be no outcome like the one we saw. that level of criteria. What frustrates a lot is precisely that absurd criterion to determine a decision like the one that was”, he added.
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It should be noted that, with this expulsion against Unión Comercio, Yotún will miss next week’s match against Alianza Lima, which also has 6 points in the Clausura Tournament. ‘Yoshi’ has played a fundamental piece in the starting eleven. Now the coach Tiago Nunes will have to work in a lineup without his main star.
When will Sporting Cristal play again?
After this 3-0 victory over Unión Comercio, Sporting Cristal will play again next week when it is their turn to visit Lima Alliance for the third day of the Clausura 2023 Tournament. This commitment is scheduled for Saturday, July 8 from 7:00 p.m. and will take place at the Alejandro Villanueva stadium, located in the La Victoria district.
This will be one of the most anticipated duels of the date, as two of the candidates to win the national title at the end of the year will meet face to face. Let’s remember that, due to the conflicts over the transmission rights of the Betsson League 1, the match between the two together was not played on the field for the Apertura Tournament and the ‘celestes’ ended up winning by ‘walkover’ with a score of 3- 0.
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