Ricardo Salinas Pliego.
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A controversial referee decision Maximilian Quintero not only generated the anger in social networks of the owner of the Mazatlan FC, Ricardo Salinas Pliegobut rather avoided a two-goal draw in the match against Club Leonsquad that finally took the 2-1 victory.
Accustomed to giving something to talk about, Ricardo Salinas broke out in his profile X (previously Twitter) criticizing the arbitration verdict with vehement language and implying that it is not an isolated incident.
“These pin… rats stabbing my Gunboats as usual, but they know that… they are becoming more and more evident and they look worse. We kept going despite the armed whistle assault”he opined, citing a tweet from the Mazatlán account, where they share a shot of the execution of the penalty.
The businessman returned to the charge a few minutes later with a second message in which he even asked for the opinion of the journalist from the chain ESPN, david faitelsonwith whom he has already had a bite on social networks.
“According to a friend who was a World Cup player tells me, if something like this is sanctioned, it is declared as an indirect free kick, not as offside. It’s the way the bums interpreted that blow job. True or false Faitelson? We want to hear the opinion of someone who would not have to be in our favor, ”he added.
Penalty canceled against Mazatlán by VAR
The play of contention occurred at minute 68, when the main Quintero indicated a maximum penalty in favor of the visitors for grabbing a shirt on ake wolfwho had opened the scoring at 8 ‘with a header inside the small area.
The person in charge of executing from the eleven steps was the Paraguayan David Colman. Initially, he scored 2-2, but after claims by the scarlet players, the VAR He went in to review an alleged double contact with the ball after a slip from the South American.
Video arbitration proved them right and the goal was annulled by the judge, leaving León with a 2-1 lead. The action became extremely controversial, since the infringement cannot be seen in the images.
On social networks, fans continued to contribute to the controversy by providing opinions and debating the play. “He never touches her twice”; “He doesn’t touch her twice”; “They talk about the MLS and in Mexico they are worse”; “What a great robbery”, were some comments.
The visitors missed the advantage obtained with the goal of ake wolf thanks to so many of Angel Mena and Federico Vinas. Club Leon get a victory in the resumption of day 4 of the Opening Tournament 2023 of the Liga MX.
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