The Chilean national team he finds himself against the ropes in group A of the Copa America 2024. And he only has one point from the draw against Peru and the defeat against Argentina. For this reason, the following duel against his counterpart Canada He is of vital importance to try to qualify for the quarterfinals. However, this clash will be refereed by a judge who is not well remembered by the men of Ricardo Garecaas they requested his suspension after a defeat against Paraguay in the 2021 edition of the continental tournament.
Is about Wilmar Roldan, who will be in charge of dispensing justice in the match between Chileans and Canadians on Saturday, June 29 at the Inter&Co stadium in the city of Orlando, United States. However, the Colombian is in the eye of the storm following a controversial event in which he was involved three years ago.
In the regional competition held in Brazil, the ‘red’ It was directed by Martín Lasarte and was looking to recover from the 1-1 draw it had with Uruguay in its debut. This time, the ‘Guarani’ They were on the front foot and achieved a 2-0 victory.
Brian Samudio He opened the scoring in the 33rd minute with a powerful header to break Claudio Bravo’s goal after a corner kick taken by Miguel Almirón. The Paraguayans’ attacks continued until the referee awarded a penalty in their favor after a foul by Gary Medel on Carlos González. Almirón himself converted the shot into a goal with a left-footed shot that was impossible for the Chilean goalkeeper in the 58th minute, thus increasing the score.
Suddenly, at 71 minutes, Pablo Galdames took a kick from the corner and sent the ball to the heart of the area ‘albirroja’. Carlos González, in his attempt to clear the ball, deflected it with his right arm, which unleashed madness in the Chilean players, who headed to Wilmar Roldan effusively to sanction the maximum penalty. But after going to the VAR booth and carefully reviewing the play, he chose not to charge.
With the score at 2-0, the Chilean Football Federation issued a strong complaint to the Conmebol Referee Commission, requesting the suspension of Wilmar Roldan.
“Due to the bad decision made in the play that occurred in the 71st minute, where the Paraguay national team player, Carlo González (sic), hits the ball with his hand in a large 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 dismissing it.“, he said in the first instance.
In the same way, the entity ‘southern’ He emphasized that it was not the first time that the team has been harmed by the judge’s actions. ‘coffee maker’. “It is striking that our national team has been led twice during the tournament by the same referee, which, from our point of view, openly breaks the impartiality and Fair Play that must exist in football.“, he added.
As mentioned above, the Chilean national team will see each other again Wilmar Roldan in view of Canada for matchday 3 of group A of the Copa America 2024. And the background of the current group that he leads Ricardo Gareca are worrying: they have only won once in the last eight.
The last victory was the 2-0 that the ‘mapochos’ They obtained about Peru at the Monumental stadium in Santiago for the 2026 Qualifiers thanks to the goals of Diego Valdés (74′) and Maximiliano Núñez (91′).
