He Betis vs. Athletic of the weekend left us with an unfortunate accident. Beyond the 3-1 in favor of the green and white at the Benito Villamarín Stadium, many of Guadalupe Porras took the spotlightthe assistant referee, who suffered a tremendous crash that left her lying on the floor and forced her to leave on a stretcher and in an ambulance.
The accident occurred in the 13th minute of play, precisely when Ezequiel Ávila opened the scoring and Porras ran along the line accompanying the play until the corner kick, only on the way back he collided with a cameraman from the DAZN network who was carrying his equipment and ran towards the scene of the goal.but on the line it hit Porras in a tremendous way, sending her to the grass, where she remained lying for a few seconds.
The assistant She received the attention of the medical staff of both clubs and returned bloodied.; The specialists cleaned her face and examined her, determining that she could not continue in the match, so She was evacuated on a stretcher and later transferred by ambulance to a nearby hospital. His place on the field was taken by the fourth referee.
According to reports from Cadena Ser, the diagnosis of the doctors who treated her at the hospital was “facial trauma with wound.” Fortunately, Porras is feeling better and has already been discharged.
The central referee blamed the cameraman.
According to the report from the same medium, the central referee of the match, Guillermo Cuadra Fernández, reported in his card that The cameraman placed himself “in the work area” of the refereeing body when his assistant was moving along the line from the corner kick to the center of the field.
“As a consequence of this action on the part of the television cameraman, there was a violent blow to my assistant’s head with said camera, which caused him to have a large incised-blunt wound on his face and also lost consciousness. remaining stunned on the ground,” he added.
The whistler also added that he immediately He asked the cameraman to “immediately leave the area, since the physical integrity of the participants is endangered.” (in this case they have hit the assistant, but they are also placed in a work area of the players),” he wrote.
It is worth mentioning that this has sparked controversy towards LaLiga, since they point out that they are the ones who have allowed the “intrusion” of the cameramen at those levels, as long as the transmissions are detailed and they do not miss anything in the plays. On social networks this has been criticized, since as the central referee mentions, the integrity of the participants is put at risk.
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