At the same time in which Andres Fassipresident of Workshopsgave a very extensive press conference in Córdoba, in which he took aim directly at the AFA boss, Claudio Chiqui Tapiaa video appeared of the moment in which the argument and fight with the referee occurred Andres Merlosin Mendoza, moments after the defeat against Boca on penalties in the round of 16 of Argentine Cup.
At the beginning of the images, broadcast by TyC Sports, the sequence can be seen a few meters away, surrounded by screams. There Fassi and Merlos appear on scene surrounded by other people, including police officers and members of private security. There, immediately after there was a loud slam of doors, an arm flies through the air and makes Fassi retreat, from whom a scream can be heard after receiving the supposed impact on the right cheekbone.
Merlos had accused the owner of the “T” of being accompanied by guards who showed him a weapon. In fact, in the video, someone can be heard shouting: “He pulled out a gun”. All this was denied by Fassi at the press conference, in which he assured that he would go “to the last consequences.” Given this episode, the leader warned: “Never in 60 years of life have I seen a referee hit a president”.