Scandal between Fassi and Merlos after Boca vs Talleres for the Argentine Cup
The duel they animated Boca y Workshops by the Round of 16 of the Argentine Cup exposed the miseries that are usually hidden in Argentine football. The controversial performance of the referee Andres Merlos It led to a controversial episode that ended with threats, insults, complaints and alleged blows between the referee and the head of the Cordoba entity. Andres Fassi.
It all happened minutes after the end of the match, when the leaders left the box and headed towards the locker rooms. At that moment, the referee was accompanied by the first assistant referee. Diego Bonfathe second collaborator Pablo Gualteri and the fourth referee Felipe Violawhen a verbal argument began between the manager and the referee.
“I asked him why he kept harming Talleres, because it is not the first time that this referee has harmed Talleres.the situation of the goal is inexplicable”, said the head of La T in reference to the first goal of the Xeneize, since the ball had crossed the goal line, so the play should have been invalidated. In response to the reproach, the director revealed to the press that the referee reacted violently. “He started to shout and told me: If you want to talk, I invite you to come.. I told him: “I am happy to, of course I came to talk.”he described, mentioning that the other judges held him back to prevent him from lunging at him.
Recently, Andres Fassi He called a press conference in which he insisted on the incident.Thank God there are three police officers as witnesses, and several of you saw the outcome. When I complained to him, the gentleman Merlos He starts yelling at me. He wanted to attack mebut the three policemen were ahead of me. They managed to get him into the locker room. Of course, under that situation, I decided not to go in. You can see that they took him into the locker room, he came out again, I was four or five meters from the door, he came straight to look for me and punched me in the right cheekbone. The truth is that I was stunned thinking about what this man had just done. I have never heard or seen a referee hit the president of a club. And after he hits me with his punch, Gatti (vice president of the institution) approaches the door and says ‘but you are crazy’ and Mr. Gatti receives a kick from Mr. Merlos, a kick to the liver that knocks him back. That is where that embarrassing event ends. I have never experienced it,” he explained.
In addition to what has been said, a video went viral on social media in the last few hours, in which the tense discussion between the protagonists can be observed. In the first images, the aggression suffered by the director by Andres Merlos. Also, the son of Do it She posted a photo showing her father’s swollen cheekbone after the blow he received.
Andrés Fassi’s hurt face after the argument with Merlos
“Do it He entered with two people, with a firearm, threatening. The only thing missing was for him to put his finger on the trigger and I don’t know if I would be telling the tale right now… He threatened, saying: ‘We’re going to kill you, son of a bitch, you’re always screwing us’. With a Mexican tone, it seemed like that. I told him to come to the locker room. The police were there, they put up the shields.had been the arguments of Merlos when he had his contact with the press. And he added: “Fassi is a generator of violence. I don’t know why he says I hit him, if he was the one who was taken out. I was scared, but I was calm. If I punched him in the cheekbone, why didn’t they show it?
In response to these accusations, the president of Talleres stressed that he goes “only to the stadiums.” “The certificate is made with the doctors and then the police arrive. The different groups that are dedicated to this. The police asked us how the events happened and we were told ‘Mr Merlos saw a gun’. The police came and searched everyone. It’s a total disgrace that all your people are searched as if they were criminals. And I warn you that there were no bodyguards. I don’t have security guards, I don’t have a driver.“, he stressed.
“The only thing missing was for one of this man’s guards to pull the trigger. Absolutely nothing happened on the field, the Cacique (Medina) and the players understood that it was a very fine play. He generated everything Andres Fassionly him and the people who were with him. We cannot allow this to continue happening in our football with this man who already has a record, he was already sanctioned for AFA. It is a very regrettable, sad fact. Honestly, it is painful for football that this type of thing happens. There is no explanation for what this man does, it is clear that he has impunity” , countered Merlos.
