Pachuca will face the super leader América in the quarterfinals of the Mexican soccer Liguillabut the bad news is that they will not be able to do it with a full frame, since one of their most important pieces on offense saw a red card and will not be able to play in the first leg of the series.
The Moroccan attacker Oussama Idrissi, who during the Apertura 2024 has formed a fearsome duo with Salomón Rondón, one of the 3 top scorers in the regular phase of the championship, was expelled when he had left change for an expression that the whistler considered offensive and provocative towards the rival team.
It was the 85th minute when Idrissi had to leave the field for substitution, after an outbreak of a fight between both teams. The game was hot and As he walked down the court to the bench, the forward of the Tuzos turned towards the Necaxa goalkeeper’s goal, which at that time was losing 2-0, and He made the gesture of sending her kissesa situation that caused annoyance among the Rayados players, so they complained to the whistler and the Pachuca player.
The blue and white attacker He went to sit on the substitute bench and made another provocative gesture: he applauded, that’s when referee Fernando Hernández caught up with him to show him the red card and send it to the showers.
According to subsequent statements from his coach, The player’s intention was not to mock the referee’s decisions or the rivalas it was interpreted, but he only intended to return the applause that the public gave him when he left the field.
“He tells us that he was reciprocating the applause that the people gave him.“These are situations, he was already sitting on the bench, I don’t know, we have to see it well, but we listened to him and he wanted to be a little reciprocal with the people,” the coach justified at a press conference.
Oussama Idrissi is a pillar in Pachuca’s starting 11, especially on offense. Since he arrived at Los Tuzos, in September 2023, The Moroccan has played 31 duels, in which he has scored 6 goals and given 14 assists; That is to say, 20 of the goals his team has scored in two tournaments have gone through his boots in the last or penultimate play.
We still need to know the verdict of the Disciplinary Commission to know if his sanction will be for 1 or more games, since in the worst case scenario the entire series against the azulcremas could be lost. What is a fact is that by regulation he will be absent at least in the first leg.
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