Cruzeiro player who forced Advincula to be sent off reveals key to Boca game: ‘It was an accident’

One of the transcendental plays about a duel between Cruzeiro And Boca Juniors in the 1/8 finals South American Cup It happened 30 seconds into the game when Luis Advincula was sent off after kicking Lucas Romero in the ankle. The Argentina midfielder, who plays for Brazil, has spoken out about the foul that led to the Peruvian defender’s red card.

“It was a completely random game. Moreover, I think I approached him from a blind spot because he was fighting for the ball with Lautaro Diaz, it goes a little long and I come from the side to hit him accurately,” Romero said in a statement to the program ESPN F3.

Colombian judge Wilmar Roldan He showed Advincula a red card because the Peruvian hit his opponent in the leg with the toe of his right boot, putting his opponent’s physique at serious risk. “I think this is a game where at the beginning of the game he (for Advincula) could have avoided entering into this argument so aggressively because the game had just started.“It was a game in the center of the field, which did not create much danger if we had returned the ball,” continued the 30-year-old footballer from Veles.

“I don’t see any bad intentions in this. Yes, it was an aggressive foul and clearly required a sending off. “Because the rule says that if the stomping is on the foot, that is, from the ankle up, then it is straight red, and if on the foot, then it is yellow. It is also clear that the foul was strong,” Romero said.

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The midfielder, who also spent time with Independiente in Argentine football, told the behind-the-scenes story of his move from Small Romero after the performance that led to his expulsion.

“He spoke to me in a good way. I spoke to Marcos (Rojo) to try to calm the game down. From the start we wanted the game to flow and not stop. Yes, I tried to make it clear to the Boca players that I didn’t act, that it was a foul and that it should be sent off.“During the performance, Chiquito came to calm me down and I told him that I wanted to play football, nothing more. There was a lot of talk about the first match, there were a lot of arguments, and what helped us was that the game became more fluid,” the player said. Dog.

Finally, Romero referred to Roldan’s arbitration: “Wilmar did a good job in the game“In the second half there were a few fouls against our number 10 (Matheus Pereira) that weren’t called. In the first leg, yes, I feel like they were a little bit stricter with us with the yellow cards, so much so that in the first half we had quite a few players booked and that hurt our game a little bit.”

Cruzeiro will play in the quarterfinals of the Copa Sudamericana against Paraguayan Libertad, who beat Sportivo Ameliano on penalties. The other matches are Racing-Atletico Paranaense, Fortaleza-Corinthians and Lanus-Independiente de Medellin.