Chacho Coudet exploded at Falcón Pérez: «You’re a thief!» | OneFootball

The Millonario coach exploded in anger after River’s defeat to Belgrano, with a controversial penalty in between, and ended up being sent off for harsh words directed at the referee.

In a historic final, Belgrano beat River and were crowned Torneo Apertura champions. One of the many images left by the final was Eduardo Coudet’s sending-off in stoppage time, after protesting to Yael Falcón Pérez over the penalty that Nicolás Fernández converted to make it 2-2 at the time, shouting: “You’re a thief.”

Once the match was over, Chacho, beside himself, came back from the dressing room, entered the pitch and went looking for the referee again to continue his protests, just like several of his players. Juan Fernando Quintero was one of those who tried to calm the coach down, while the players of the Córdoba-based Pirata celebrated the title.

The furious moment did not end there, and the coach returned to the showers shouting, “That’s three times now they’ve screwed me over in a final in this stadium.” After that moment he did not come back and did not go to collect his runners-up medal.

Coudet’s words refer to the 2015 Copa Argentina final between Boca and Rosario Central. After the Xeneize victory, he once again lost his temper and after the defeat declared: “It’s hard for them to make mistakes like that in a final, it took us a lot to get here. They took the final away from us.”

That final featured controversial refereeing from Diego Ceballos, who made the contentious decision to award a penalty for a foul on Gino Peruzzi nearly a meter outside the box. In addition, Andrés Chávez scored while offside and Javier Pinola was sent off. Coudet ended up being sanctioned for his remarks and also did not go to collect the second-place medal.

The following year, Chacho’s Rosario Central once again reached the Copa Argentina final, this time against the Millonario, his current team, and the match was again full of controversy. Curiously, the venue was once again the Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium.

On that occasion, the man in charge of officiating was Patricio Loustau, who awarded two penalties for fouls on Ignacio Fernández and Lucas Alario. Both ended in goals. In the second half, Marco Ruben was shown a red card for a foul that the referee judged to have been on Lucas Martínez Quarta, in another bitter memory for Coudet at the Kempes.

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