“I am convinced that Zambrano’s action against Maestro Puch was not criminal”, Fernando Espinoza said.
The referee of the match Boca Juniors beat Atlético Tucumán 2-1the leader of the Professional League, assured that he was “convinced that the action in which Carlos Zambrano supports the arm of (Ignacio) Maestro Puch at the end of the match, it was not a penalty”.
After the controversial action in which Zambrano seems to elbow Maestro Puch in the face about the end of the game that would have meant a penalty and expulsion for the Peruvian defender, and before the subsequent complaint of the coaching staff, players and even Tucuman leaders, Espinoza said in TyC Sports that he was “convinced that there was no infraction.”
“I am convinced that it was not criminal, because the VAR warns me if there is a clear, obvious and manifest error and we do not interpret it that way, ” Spinoza noted. In charge of technology in this match was the controversial and questioned Jorge Baliño.
“If I have to be guided by the photo that they showed me of that play, it is criminal, red and Zambrano is imprisoned, but there was no movement to judge it, “he stressed. “The player (for Zambrano) has his arm resting on the striker but without missing him,” Espinoza finally argued.
On whether he had a dialogue with the VAR about that play, he revealed: “Yes, we talked about it. I interpreted that he was not and the VAR was the same. It is a supported arm and you have to see the general movement where the arm ends. I am convinced of the decision I made, I have already seen it again”.
In relation to other protests, in this case of Carrera for an attack prior to the corner kick that led to Boca’s goal, Espinoza concluded: “Before the corner kick, the corner collides with his arm, the striker does not make the gesture but he hits it and a cut is made, nothing more . There is no infraction, neither prior nor in the APP”.
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