The manager did not hold anything back after América’s draw against Envigado – credit Colprensa/Win Sports+
Every day, arbitration in Colombia is in the eye of the hurricane as a result of the decisions of the judges who, instead of the 22 men who are on the field, are stealing the spotlight from the BetPlay Dimayor League.
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For the seventh day of the rented venue, Envigado received a visit from América de Cali at the Sur Sports Center. The match was marked by controversy due to the refereeing of Edwin Trujillo, who on the hour mark awarded a penalty that benefited the orange team, which saved a point.
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“Today they robbed us at the stadium. They deny us a penalty and then they sanction us one that is not (…) that is a robbery, yesterday the refereeing was also perverse. We will send a letter to Dimayor complaining, and vetoing this VAR and the referee,” said Tulio Gómez in statements to Banda Deportiva.
The largest shareholder of the Scarlet team reaffirmed his intention to ask Dimayor that the arbitration team made up of Edwin Trujillo, Sebastián Vela, Jhon Parra, Alejandro Moncada, Heider Castro and Mauricio Mercado not be appointed again for league matches.
The Sucreño was suspended in September 2023 due to poor refereeing – credit @joseborda1/X
In September 2023, América de Cali visited Envigado in a match that had refereeing controversies after the decision of Mauricio Mercado, who did not sanction a clear handball inside the area for the Valle del Cauca team.
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For this action, Mercado was suspended for five months by Dimayor; However, the man from Sucre was appointed as a VAR assistant for the match between oranges and scarlets, which again had refereeing errors.
According to the interpretation of José Borda, arbitration expert, those in charge of administering justice at Polideportivo Sur de Envigado were wrong in their decision, since the infraction exists within the area; However, it is on Noreña’s part, given that he is supported by Argentine striker Rodrigo Holgado.
“TURN OFF AND LET’S GO The penalty that the VAR gives at minute 90 + 3 is unprecedented, in favor of the local, Noreña from @EnvigadoFC leans on Holgado from @AmericadeCali and Paz del Escarlata puts his arms on Noreña’s abdomen and they give a penalty for restraint, it is NOT understood that they are beeping. Terrible work!”
Trujillo non-existent penalty pitó for Envigado over América de Cali – credit @HaroldRiveraCh/X
The Red Devils went ahead on the scoreboard after 25 minutes with a goal from Harold Rivera, who made it 1-0 with a header after a pass through the same route from Yojan García that the former Independiente Santa Fe sent to save.
When it seemed that those led by Cesar Farías would take the three points for the sky branch, the controversial play involving Luis Paz and Santiago Noreña was presented.
After a still ball charge, Paz held Noreña, for which the play was reviewed in the VAR, and later sanctioned as a maximum penalty in favor of Envigado, who tied through Bayron Garcés.
Envigado saved a point on the hour at home against América de Cali – credit @ArbitratoFrente/X
With this tie, the Valle del Cauca squad occupies the fourteenth place with eight points and has accumulated three dates without knowing the victory, while Envigado is 11 with nine units.
On the next day of the BetPlay Dimayor League, América de Cali will face each other at Pascual Guerrero con Equidad. The meeting between Mechita and Insurers is scheduled for Thursday, February 22, starting at 6:10 pm (Colombian time) with Win Sports+ broadcast.