Why Conmebol punished Scaloni

Ricardo Gareca coach of the Chilean team, did not attend the official press conference before the match against Canada this Friday, which CONMEBOL authorized a match suspension, the same event affecting the Argentine coach, Lionel Scaloni, who will also not lead his team against Peru.

“Ricardo was on his way to the conference and we received the official statement from CONMEBOL about the suspension for one match. He returned to the hotel and we tried to solve it and that is why we are here,” said the second Chilean coach. Sergio Santin.

The reason

CONMEBOL later announced that both coaches had failed to comply with articles 104 and 145 of the regulations and that the reason was their team’s repetition by entering the field late after the break. Both federations were also fined $15,000.

Article 145 of the competition regulations specifies that: “If the players of a team leave the field of play after the time set for its start or continuation, or in disregard of the instructions of the referee or the delegate of against, the AMP responsible may be punished by CONMEBOL’s disciplinary bodies with a warning in the case of a first violation and with a fine in the case of a second or subsequent violation.

The disciplinary code

In the previous case, the technical director of the responsible team in question will be considered responsible in all cases, and will be punished by the disciplinary bodies of CONMEBOL in the following manner:

For first offense: one game suspension warning

For second or subsequent offense: suspension for one game.

Also Gareca

Sergio Santin explained that Gareca “He can’t be in the game, when he comes he has to go to the box. He can’t be on the field. That’s the information we have,” said the technical assistant at the press conference.

Lionel Scaloni He will also not sit on the bench at the Hard Rock stadium in Miami, in tomorrow’s match against Peru, on the third day of Group A.

In the opening match, the coach of the Canadian team, Jesse Marsh, He reported that Argentina’s players took 20 minutes to get on the field. “They watch the video to correct it,” he said.