Andres Matonte It is a name that increasingly resonates in Chili. He was the referee who left more than one controversy in the agonizing victory of Argentina about The Red by Copa America 2024.
The Uruguayan referee was in the spotlight for letting pass a slap from Cuti Romero on Víctor Dávila in the area and not consider as expulsion a very tough tackle by Rodrigo de Paul on Gabriel Suazo.
Matonte was even questioned in his own country for his actions in the Group A match played last Tuesday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
“The penalty charged to Argentina against Poland was much less than the foul against the Chilean in the area“, the program began by saying Knocking Down Walls from the Radio Cut.
Regarding De Paul’s stomp, the sports space noted: “It is one thing to give continuity to the game and another to say ‘keep going’ when there are kicks that can break an opponent. If De Paul had just broken Suazo, he was going to receive a red card. Thank goodness nothing happened.”
They even used the sarcasm to refer to the referee’s disputed performance, specifically in the play that ended with the agonizing goal of the ‘albiceleste’.
“He just missed the corner and headed in. De Paul’s thing was at least for yellow. It does not justify that he hit the goal,” they mentioned.
To close, Tirando Paredes slipped some favoritism from Conmebol towards the team led by Lionel Scaloni in the continental event.
“We already suffered it in the Uruguay game where they did not receive the red card for an ugly tackle against Nhitan Nández. In the end they do what they want. It is Alejandro Domínguez’s Copa América“, they point out.
“Everyone wants Argentina and Messi to be champions. Uruguay could reach the final with them, and we still have time so that the refereeing does not harm us,” they concluded.
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