From the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Agronomy a Lincoln, in the northwest of Buenos Aires; of San Juan a Rafaelain Santa Fe: of Salta a Currents. It could be a trip itinerary, but no: they are the places in the country that do not keep pleasant memories of Joaquin Gilthe referee born 34 years ago in Saint Peter who this Wednesday scored a non-existent penalty in favor of Deportivo Riestra and harmed Communications in the Argentine Cup. The AFA then decided to remove him from the match he had been assigned this weekend (Atlético de Rafaela vs. Mitre, for the Primera Nacional) and put Jorge Baliño in his place. “He was wrong”sources from the Federal Tournament, a competition in which Gil spent most of his career. And they added: “Now he can’t direct, because he is not a robot. All this affects him and it is better that he rest. Then he will direct again.”
In football everyone knows each other: leaders, footballers and referees. For this reason, Comunicaciones, who plays in the B Metropolitana, went with lead foot to the game on the field of Temperley contra Deportivo Riestra, which premiered this year in the first division. The Postman’s omens came true in injury time: Gil considered a violation of Cipriano Treppo a Gonzalo Bravo and gave a penalty for Malevo. In the first half he had already made another gross mistake by not signaling, this time, a maximum penalty for those from Bajo Flores. “He was sorry for not having received that payment.”, they estimated in the AFA. Gil is a referee accustomed to controversial plays and the front pages of newspapers and news sites. He was in the center of the scene several times for dubious penalties, ghost goals and unfounded disciplinary decisions. There were even physical attacks against the Sampedrino, who rose in the Federal Tournament refereeing thanks to Gustavo Bassithe person most responsible for arbitration appointments.
Gil is in the Sampedrina Sports League since 2009 and signed a contract with the AFA in 2021the year of his debut in Federal A. Before, in 2019, the referee was summoned to a referee training day dictated by the FIFA on the Ezeiza property that today bears the name of Lionel Messi. It was a day for “young talents” of the Argentine referee. However, the talks and training that Gil received then did not have a correlation on the field.
That same 2019, Gil made headlines for his performance in the match between Independent (Chivilcoy) y The Linqueño, by Lincoln. It was the first leg of the Regional Amateur final in the Pampeana Norte region. Angry by his decisions, the fans of the Lincoln He threw a projectile at the referee 12 minutes into the second half and the game was suspended. Gil had to be taken to a hospital to receive assistance. According to the report of the encounter, a one-liter plastic bottle, half full of liquid, hit Gil on the head. Dizzy, he suspended the game and received medical care at the Municipal Hospital. Those from Lincoln lost the series at the desks: the AFA Disciplinary Court He declared the series won by Independiente, who qualified for the next phase.
“I approached because El Linqueño’s goalkeeper was on the floor. I go towards the arch to confirm and ask for assistance and I feel a blow on my temple. He grabbed my face, I lost consciousness, I began to see cloudy, I remember that I took two or three steps and sat on the floor. From then on I have no idea what happened. When he reacted he was in the Chivilcoy hospital,” Gil said then in Radio Chivilcoy. The next day, the referee returned to his house in San Pedro after receiving a voluntary medical discharge. And he returned to his main job at an automotive plant.
At the beginning of 2021, Gil was designated again in a decisive match. This time, for a promotion to Federal Tournament: in San Francisco (Córdoba) they played Ben How compared to Cordoba Racinga team that now participates in the First National. In the chronicle of the match, which the Rafaelinos lost by 2 to 1, the newspaper The Coast wrote: “Ben Hur couldn’t beat the referee, in an embarrassing match.” And he added: “A judge (Joaquín Gil, from San Pedro) totally partial to Racing de Córdoba was key to twisting the history of the match. At the end the Santa Fe players tried to attack the shortlist”. The defender Miguel Yuste He hung up his boots, angry with Gil’s performance: “Unfortunately these things are not good and they have to end sometime. I don’t feel like playing anymore. This tournament and arbitration make no sense”, he protested, quoted by The Coast. And he added: “It’s a shame, we improved in the second half but all the divisions were theirs. It was always difficult and uphill. We had a great hope. “I say goodbye to football, I don’t play anymore.” Ben How He finished with a man less and had a penalty against him. Carlos Trulletcoach of the Rafaelinos, also roared against the referee: “What happened was tremendous, they charged us and they didn’t see two penalties in our favor. They laugh at us, a shame”.
There was more of Gil and his controversial failures the following year, in 2022. Two dates from the end of the season, Sportivo Desamparadosof San Juanthe relegation of the Federal A al Regional Amateur. I played against Bahia Blanca linemen and achieved an agonizing draw: with one man less, their goalkeeper saved a penalty in the last minute. “What happened this time already exceeded all limits but we had already experienced it against Bolívar, that time he discriminated against a classmate because of skin color. It was very serious and these are things that at this point cannot happen. At that moment we did not say anything for fear that he would direct us again and finally it happened,” the San Juan defender then denounced. Agustín Callejascited by Cuyo’s diary. “We were going with the idea of winning but the game started and he started to charge us badly and changed our game plans. They are not excuses but it is difficult to play in those conditions. We had to score with fear because any foul was a penalty in the smallest detail and that’s how it happened“said defender Guillermo Pfund for his part.
Ricardo Dillonthen coach of the San Juan team, went further, once the relegation of Helpless days later. “It is very difficult for anything to change at this point, but at least that a guy like Joaquín Gil who is corrupt is exposed. He constantly said that the order came from above, so someone should respond; Otherwise the one who puts in the most money is the one who wins. “We were harmed,” the DT protested in an interview with Channel 13 of San Juan.
In 2023, Gil was appointed for the first time in the Professional League: He was the fourth referee in the match between Central Rosary e Independent. He was the second Sampedrino to reach the top of refereeing in Argentine football: the first had been Mariano Gonzalez. The promotion came with more controversial performances. Already established in Federal A, and with Bassi’s confidence to lead in the main soccer tournament in the interior, he was designated for the final for a promotion from the Regional Amateur in between Sun of America (Formosa) y Northern Argentine Truck Drivers (Salta). The match was played in the stadium Alfredo Terrerafrom Santiago del Estero, a field that usually hosts first division matches: it is the home of Córdoba Central, from that province. As had happened a year before, Gil was attacked by the Camioneros Argentinos footballers, dissatisfied with their failures. He had to be escorted by the police. The people from Formosa won 2-1 and moved up a category.
Further back in time, and towards the end of last season, another refereeing by Gil caused quarrels and protests. They played for Federal A Gymnastics and Shooting (Salta) vs. Boca Unidos (Corrientes). And the referee annulled a goal by the Corrientes in injury time that would have given them the victory due to offside: the match ended tied 0-0. “Another embarrassing arbitration prevented Boca Unidos from beating the leader,” headlined the Época Newspaper. “In a close duel, the local team scored in the 45th minute through Maximiliano Solari, but his conquest was annulled by the shortlist. The judges recognized a non-existent advanced position of the attacker who entered the complement and had taken advantage of a good cross from the winger Joaquín Livera from the left, after receiving a pass from Saúl Abecasis,” says the chronicle of the match. And he details that “the ruling, not even debatable, provoked the reaction of the Boca Unidos players and the security forces had to intervene so that the match can be resumed.”
“Gil coached a lot in Federal A. He is one of those who directed the most in 2023″, they said from the AFA. About his last controversial move, broadcast on the national network because it was decisive for the fate of Riestra and of Communications in the Argentine Cupa source familiar with the refereeing in the promotion of the interior defended him “In general he is a good referee and until that moment he had handled the game perfectly. He was wrong, but we will have to give him another chance to show that he is prepared to lead in higher categories.”. This newspaper tried to communicate with Gil to give his version of the penalty for Riestra and what happened in his other games. He did not answer.
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