Romero shoots at the referee: “If the penalty was in River’s place, he wouldn’t have whistled it”

Just as his production in the game was strong, with some saves typical of a good goalkeeper, also Sergio Romero He left his mark on words. If he Superclassic River-Boca It ended up hot, Chiquito much more. And he didn’t hide it. He was very hard on the referee Darío Herrera for the penalty he allowed and that defined the Superclásico.

“If that penalty play was in River’s area, he wouldn’t have charged it directly,” Romero said. “The penalty play was very doubtful. The referee told me it was a clear penalty and I told him he had to look at it with VAR, but he kept what he saw on the pitch,” said Chiquito. And he rounded off: “You see it well, it’s not pathetic. It’s a minimum friction, if there is any. It shouldn’t be taught. It’s a normal game of the game. We’re going to get hurt.”

Later, Romero focused on the general refereeing of the match: “Villa were fouled three times in a row on the right and left side and Herrera never got the yellow card. It was the second yellow card for the player that. Everything becomes very difficult. And if from VAR they tell him it’s a penalty, it’s even more difficult”.

Chiquito also left a stern look at Agustín Palavecino, who shouted a goal in his face and unleashed a scandal that led to six expulsions: “For a boy from River to shout a goal in front of our players is a terrible lack of respect. I told Palavecino, Enzo Pérez and Demichelis. Instead of leaving with his teammates, he stayed in front of us shouting at us for the goal. I told him ‘what you’re doing?’

Demichelis does not bite his tongue

From the side of the River, the most poignant testimony is that of Martín Demichelis. The coach singled out a Boca defender for a statement he made in the preview: “(Nicolás) Figal disrespected one of the best stadiums in the world. He said that ‘they will win in Chile and play a good game in the Gallinero’. And the Monumental is the biggest in South America. 83,000 people come here every game. Yes, Figal respects us, says they played well, not saying they won. Maybe he felt respect for River. And not at all they just played well”.