The elimination of Talleres de Córdoba against Bocafor the round of 16 of the Argentine Cup, ended in a real scandal. After the defeat on penalties, in a match full of controversies, the president of the “T” Andres FassI, visibly angry, rebuked the referee Andres Merlosin an area near the locker room, to reproach him, among other reasons, for the covalidated goal against Xeneize that should have been annulled.
In that framework, Both had a heated discussion. Fassi himself recognized itwho later gave his version of what happened to the press: “I asked him why he continued to harm Talleres. Why did he do it? “It’s not the first time, they’ve been there several times,” the leader said. And, about the incident, he detailed: “He started screaming and told me ‘If you want to talk, I invite you to come.‘, I said yes with great pleasure, He came and attacked me. He punched me and kicked the vice president, Hugo Gatti.”
Fassi also assured that he will go to court for what happened to Merlos. “He is going to have a criminal complaint, we are going to reach the final consequences,” he indicated.
In parallel with the scandal, in the last few hours a video of the Talleres boss began to circulate, in which he is seen insulting Merlos after Boca’s controversial goal.
Lautaro Blanco played long, Kevin Mantilla protected the ball, Brian Aguirre pressed and the ball came out whole. However, the man from Rosario continued the play and beat Guido Herrera with a right hand.
All Talleres protested, but Merlos validated an illegal goal. In favor of assistant Diego Bonfá, the play occurred in the opposite sector. And without VAR, it is impossible to correct errors.
After the skirmish with Fassi, Merlos left the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza without speaking to journalists and guarded by security guards, in the car in which he was with the match attendees.
Fassi and Merlos had already maintained a strong crossover in 2022, after Talleres fell to Central Córdoba in Santiago del Estero. At that time, the AFA Disciplinary Court punished the president for “rebuking the referee in internal offices” and suspended him for 30 days, making it impossible for him to attend home matches during the period of the sanction.