Deportivo Riestra is once again in the eye of the storm: after a scandalous ruling for the collection of a penalty over the hour, Communications won 1 to 0, of Primera B, and advanced to the 16th finals of the Argentine Cup. The match was played at the Alfredo Beranger Stadium in Temperley and the final scenes showed coach Arnaldo Sialle and the Cartero players furious and with strong complaints towards referee Joaquín Gilwhich ended up being guarded by police officers.
“They had told me that this referee was dangerous and today I confirmed it. I am with my 8 year old son crying. This guy (for Gil) can’t lead anymore. Let him buy a field with what he must have been given. It is a shame. Mr. Beligoy should take charge of the disaster that he made,” the president of Communications stated in statements to La Red radio. Ezequiel Segura. The reference was for Federico Beligoy, Secretary General of the Argentine Association of Referees and National Director of Arbitration in Argentina. The leader of the Agronomy club continued with strong statements: “The promotion leaders told me that this referee was a hitman. “This referee cannot be appointed for this match.”
The controversial play started in the ninth minute of stoppage time, with a long lateral into the Communications area; A header came from a Riestra player and the ball fell to Gonzalo Bravo, who dived in front of Cipriano Treppo’s mark. “The penalty play? I felt the contact in the area. They combed her hair, it fit me and they hit me from behind. I don’t know if it was intentional or casual, I felt the contact,” Bravo would later declare. Afterwards, Nicolás Benegas took charge of the penalty and was right, but the feeling remained that there was no foul in favor of the club that a few months ago was promoted for the first time in history to the highest division of Argentine football.
Now, the team led by Matías Módolo will have to face the winner of Newell’s and Midland for the round of 16 of the Argentine Cup.
Before the scandal, there was an initial stage that was even, with control of the ball by Deportivo Riestra, who faced this match with several players who are usually substitutes in the middle of the series of matches for the League Cup, and it was the most dangerous of the two teams.
About the hour mark in the first half, Riestra was about to open the scoring after a good play, with a deep pass from Jonathan Herrera to Gonzalo Bravo, who scored over goalkeeper Juan Pablo Lungarzo, but when the ball was about upon entering, it was cleared on the line by Diego Joaquín Zalazar, with an acrobatic “chilean”.
The second stage did not change much and Riestra continued to control the game, but without danger to the goal defended by Juan Pablo Lugarzo. Those from Agronomía waited in retreat, trying to counterattack, especially after the expulsion of Lucas Vallejo, at 27 minutes, for a double warning. In any case, the “Postman” was about to score after a counterattack led by Sergio Sosa, who at the entrance of the area defined with the entire goal at his disposal without much conviction, and his weak shot was left in the hands of goalkeeper Juan Ignacio Dobboletta.
The match ended with the impotence of Riestra and the conformity of Communications who were betting on defining the series from penalties. But in the ninth minute of stoppage time, after a cross, Cipriano Treppo and Gonzalo Bravo rubbed against each other in the big area, the “Malevo” attacker collapsed to the floor, and referee Joaquín Gil awarded a penalty that only he saw. After several minutes of tumult and complaints from the “Comu” players and coach Arnaldo Sialle, Nicolás Benegas took charge of the shot and with a powerful shot to the left post of Juan Pablo Lugarzo, he deceived the goalkeeper who chose the other sector.
”We are angry and helpless. For the referee (Joaquín Gil) it was a penalty, for us it was not a penalty, but he didn’t have much else to say. He was a little arrogant. For us it was not a foul and when he added six minutes, then he gave three more and was about to cut the side, but he let him continue and the penalty play came,” defender Ariel Coronel told ESPN. ”We saw it again and there is no fault. We thought it was strange about the referee (the appointment), because he had never directed us. We knew it came from Federal A. If they give you a referee to direct you from the same category or National B, you already know him,” said the Communications defender. Gil had already been the protagonist of an incident in 2021, when he was attacked by Ben Hur players in the final for promotion to Federal A against Racing de Córdoba. And last year, in another final for promotion to Federal A, he received hits from players from Camioneros Argentinos del Norte de Salta.
After the match, the Riestra club announced the arrival of Cristian ‘Ogro’ Fabbiani as the new coach, replacing Matías Modolo, who had taken ‘Malevo’ to the highest category of Argentine football.
“Cristian Fabbiani is the new coach of Deportivo Riestra. We thank Matías Modolo for his work, and for the historic promotion achieved,” Riestra reported on his X network account. Fabbiani, 40, will face his second cycle in this club, after passing through the Primera in 2022. National. So, out of a total of 30 matches, he achieved 11 wins, 11 draws and suffered 8 defeats.
The former Lanús, Newell’s and River attacker began his career as a coach at Fénix (2021-2022) and continued at Riestra and Deportivo Merlo (2023). The ‘Ogre’, who was present in the controversial victory of ‘Malevo’ in the Argentine Cup, will debut next Sunday against River, for the fourth round of zone A of the League Cup.
Miter surprised Belgrano
In another of the matches for the 32nd round of the Argentine Cup, Miter of Santiago del Esterofrom the Primera Nacional, surprised Belgrano, from Córdoba, whom they defeated 2-1 to advance to the round of 16 of the Argentine Cup. At the Eva Perón stadium, in Junín, the Santiago team celebrated with the goals scored by David Romero (PT 49m, penalty) and Franco Posse (ST 15m). El Pirata scored through Juan Barinaga (ST 23m). The people from Santiago will play in the next instance with the winner of the duel between Unión de Santa Fe and Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza. The Córdoba team has not won so far this season and has barely managed a draw in four games.
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