2024-07-15 14:46:55
The refereeing, this time by Chilean Piero Maza, was once again on the side of the defending champions.
Piero Maza was in charge of delivering justice in the first semifinal of the Copa América 2024where Argentina comfortably beat Canada and is already waiting for an opponent to compete for the title.
However, the Chilean referee is at the center of the controversy for his particular performance, where Argentina was once again favored, as has been customary throughout the contest.
This time, Piero Maza took all the complaints from the Americans when He gave Eustaquio a yellow card for a non-existent foul against Rodrigo de Paul.
The television image showed the Chilean’s error in all its magnitude, since although the Canadian moved in an attempt to fight for the ball, His opponent passed more than two meters away, but he pretended to be hit anyway.
This led to the Chilean referee issuing him a yellow card, despite angry protests from the midfielder’s teammates.
To top it off, Gonzalo Montiel made a strong tackle against Alphonso Davieswhich forced the match to be stopped for more than five minutes to be able to attend to the side, and It was not even called as a free kick.
As has been the trend throughout the Copa América, once again an Argentina player was not shown a card for a serious foul.