Facundo Tello will direct his fourth classic from La Plata on Monday
Facundo Tello again in the classic La Plata. It will be the fourth in its history but the third in just over a year. The person who is considered the best judge in the country will be present in the jungle with opinions spreading everywhere.
Alongside Tello, who officiated last week’s promotion final between Puerto Madryn’s Brown and Rio Cuarto’s Estudiantes, there will be Pablo Acevedo and Diego Bonfa. Lucas Novelli was appointed to VAR, the only one in the group who had any controversy.
It is a title that does not raise much objection because it was not controversial at this delicate moment in Argentine football. He was the only one who could generate that, because someone else would be more suspicious.
In this tournament, they recently had a heated match in Arroito, where the match ended in a 0-0 draw between Rosario Central and San Lorenzo, who each had a goal disallowed. Players from both clubs left very angry at their performance.
The only thing that was discussed was that the three times he had to direct the La Plata classic there were victories for the locals. In 2023, Gimnasia broke their streak against Estudiantes by leading 2-1 thanks to Cristian Tarragona’s goal in the final. The visitor won with a goal scored by Mauro Boselli, but Alan Lescano equalized in the second half. The penalty kick awarded to Gimnasia was a penalty kick, because Carrillo innocently hit a Gimnasia defender for turning his back. He was reviewed at VAR and ended up being sanctioned. It was not a play that caused much controversy.
The following year, in UNO, the winner was Estudiantes by a landslide: 4-1 with goals from Guido Carrillo (2), Santiago Ascacibar and José Sosa from the penalty spot. El Lobo scored by David Zalazar.
This year, he also directed the classic, but one played at 57 and 1, as Estudiantes won 2-0. This was Fernando Zanerato’s first match in charge of a team that had absolutely no reaction and was outplayed from start to finish. Goals by Edwin Sitri and Carrillo. The referee gave only one yellow card to each team at the end of the match.
Throughout his career, Thilo was knocked out 22 times, with 10 wins, eight draws and four defeats. With Gimnasia, he participated in 20 matches, winning six, drawing four and losing ten.
Herrera in Boca and now the final?
In this way, it was confirmed that Dario Herrera would be the referee for the match between Boca and Racing. The thing is, the Academy’s leaders and fans demanded publicly and on the networks not to give them Nicolas Ramirez, who they already had a bad episode in a classic in Avellaneda.
This set the entire shelf in motion as the Pro League’s idea was to book Tilo for a virtual final. Now, if the academy qualifies for the final, candidate No. 1 is Ramirez, and after that, what will happen?