The unprecedented sanction that Milton Leyendeker received for kicking Exequiel Zeballos

The Agropecuario defender caused a serious injury to the Boca striker, who underwent surgery in the Argentine Cup and suffered a harsh penalty.

While Exequiel Zeballos He has already undergone surgery Disciplinary Tribunal confirmed a unprecedented sanction for Milton Leyendekerdefender who broke the Changuito behind the Boca vs. Agricultural by Argentine Cupin Salta.

The members of the organization met today like every Thursday and what was known was that those expelled by Copa Argentina always comply with sanctions in that competitionalthough for these extreme cases there is a subsection in the regulation that allows the exception.

Considering the severity of Zeballos’ injurythe AFA Disciplinary Court resolved to “provisionally suspend for all competitions” the defender of Agropecuario Leyendeker, for the which includes the tournament First Nationalwhere Carlos Casares’ team is twenty-fifth.

As reported Webin addition to requesting a report from the referee Ramirezthe disciplinary body of the AFA will request a detailed medical report from Boca regarding the striker’s injury. According to what they indicate from the Xeneizethe Recovery time for what Zeballos can return to the courts would be a period of between four and six monthsso all that remains of the football year will be lost.

What Milton Leyendeker said about the brutal kick to Exequiel Zeballos in Boca – Agropecuario, for Copa Argentina

What Leyendeker said about the BRUTAL KICK to Zeballos in Boca

“It was not my intention. I go firm to the ball, he just points it to me and I hook it to him. I hope he has nothing, I apologize publicly, it was not my intention to hit him“, explained the defender in dialogue with TyC Sports.

“On the court I think that with the yellow it is fine and when the referee calls me I am surprised by the red because there is no VAR, there is nothing, but when I went to the locker room and saw the play it was a strong kick, but I did not want to hit it in any moment”, he broke down Leyendeker about his vision of what happened.

And he reiterated: “I always play to the limit, I am firm on the ball and in fact it is my first expulsion of my entire career. At no time do I want to hit him, I want to go to the ball and I want to throw it out. At no time did I want to mark territory or anything like that. I apologize to you because I took you off the court and I hope you don’t have anything”.

Then, he commented that he approached the blue and gold locker room in search of Zeballos: “I’m trying to get the number to write to him. In fact, I went to the locker room, they made me come in, but he wasn’t there… I spoke with Pipa (Benedetto) and asked him to excuse me so that he could pass it on to him. If I get the number I’m going to write him a message and I hope he doesn’t have anything“, and ended: “Pipa thanked me for showing my face and apologizing, he told me that he was going to tell him”.

Video: This was Leyendeker’s brutal kick to Zeballos, for Copa Argentina

Milton Leyendeker’s kick to Zeballos

The unfortunate play was during an attempt by Changuito to overflow down the left wing. It was then that the center back of Carlos Casares’s team crossed him strongly. In the first instance, the referee Maximiliano Ramírez gave him the yellow card, but decided to expel him at the request of his assistants.

Zeballos crying on the bench

As to Zeballosthe kick took him out of the game and minutes later, the young Xeneize player could be seen crying on the substitutes’ bench, being treated by the team’s doctors.