2024-07-04 09:03:32
La Roja has a long and negative history of being led by the Colombian referee, whom they asked to suspend in 2021.
Chile will face Canada this Saturday with the aim of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Copa America 2024, where only victory will help them stay alive in the continental competition.
In this context, the figure of appears Wilmar Roldanthe Colombian referee who was appointed to administer justice in the duel between La Roja and the Americans. However, his name caused suspicions in the national football environment, since the judge has a long history leading the Chilean National Team.
In fact, Chile’s numbers under Roldán’s guidance are quite negative. Despite the fact that he refereed the 2015 Copa América final (0-0), the national team has only won once in regular time out of the eight games it has played. Specifically, it records one win, two draws and five losses.
The victory was precisely in the last match of La Roja that Wilmar Roldán directed: Chile’s 2-0 win over Peru in the 2036 World Cup Qualifiers.
The day Chile asked for the suspension of referee Wilmar Roldán
Beyond the fact that the national team has not fared so well being directed by the Colombian referee, there is a worrying precedent. In the 2021 edition of the Copa América, the referee was involved in a controversial episode, when He did not award a clear penalty in favor of La Roja in their match against Paraguay.
This situation caused so much indignation among the ANFP directors that after the match ended, which ended 2-0 in favor of the Guaranis, they issued a formal complaint against the Colombian. In the letter, they requested the suspension of the referee from the Copa América.
The above, “Due to the bad decision made in the play that occurred in the 71st minute, where the Paraguay national team player, Carlos González, hit the ball with his hand in the penalty area, a situation that in our opinion constitutes an open criminal offence, and that the aforementioned referee, despite being invited by the VAR to review it, ends up rejecting it,” they said.
They also stressed the repeated occasions on which this referee has been appointed to direct Chile. “It is striking that our national team has been directed twice during the tournament by the same referee, which means that the referee has been the one who … From our point of view, it openly breaks the impartiality and Fair Play that must exist in football.“, they stated in the letter.