Manuel de Tezanos lapidary against the arbitration of Francisco Gilabert

Universidad Católica is still on a roll in the national championship and is once again becoming a strong candidate to fight at the top of the table. With the victory against Unión Española, they surpass Colo Colo and are in fifth position waiting to shorten the distance with the U that must play with Iquique.

But the three points achieved in Santa Laura did not make us forget the very poor performance of Francisco Gilabert. This was unmasked by Manuel de Tezanos, who accused the national referee of everything he did this Saturday.

It is that the goals of Clemente Montes and Fernando Zampedri, which is close to the historical record, were not enough to forget the referee’s nonsense. Especially for the play at minute 34 and that he marked the course of the match with the expulsion of Stefano Magnasco. What for the man with the balong, he lacked criteria to show more red cards.

“Impossible to separate the UC triumph from Gilabert’s disastrous arbitration. Contradictory criteria regarding similar fouls (there were worse fouls before Magnasco’s first yellow card that did not receive a warning)“, he lamented on his X account minutes before the final whistle.

After that, he emphasized a dubious charge and that he was saved by his companions. “Then he takes a non-existent penalty while being 3 meters away from the play (he was saved by the VAR). He conditioned the game with serious errors”, lamented the sports journalist.

As expected, the comment resonated with the cross fans. But the criticism from the TNT Sports panelist also pointed out that Gilabert ended up helping Unión Española since he did not expel Diego González. “He made two yellow fouls while being reprimanded. He did not dare to expel him. Compensation”, he stated.

The UC fixture

Now Universidad Católica will be home again next Saturday, May 11 at the Santa Laura stadium against O’Higgins. Then on 5/18 a new edition of the university classic will be played against Universidad de Chile. I find that it will be played at the National Stadium. To close the month of May, the Crusaders host Cobreloa on 5/25.