Ferro trick? Monetti to face Colón despite fifth booking | OneFootball

Fernando Monetti definitively reached five yellow cards and, by regulation, must serve a one-match suspension against Colón, despite a striking discrepancy in the official records.

While the starting goalkeeper for Ferro Carril Oeste picked up his fifth booking last weekend, the federation’s computer system shows different information, raising alarms around Sabalero.

The evidence of the fifth yellow card

The focus of the controversy lies in the fact that the goalkeeper’s latest booking came in the previous round against San Miguel. This suspension is added to that of forward Emanuel Dening, who also reached the card limit.

Monetti’s accumulation of five bookings is fully documented on multiple statistics websites and, most importantly, in the match reports on the official website of the Argentine Football Association (AFA).

The breakdown of the matches in which he was booked includes:

Matchday 6: vs. Los Andes (03/21, home)

Matchday 7: vs. Atlanta (03/28, away)

Matchday 12: vs. Ciudad Bolívar (05/03, away)

Matchday 15: vs. Central Norte (05/24, home)

Matchday 20: vs. San Miguel (07/11, away)

The controversy with the COMET system: despite the clarity of the data above, in the COMET system Ferro’s goalkeeper unexpectedly appears with only 4 yellow cards.

What is the COMET system?

It is FIFA’s Football Management System, an international digital platform used by the AFA to officially register transfers, contracts, eligible players, goals, and, crucially, sanctions and cards in real time. It is the definitive record that determines who can or cannot take the field.

This omission of a yellow card in the main computer system has sparked suspicion. The discrepancy between the AFA’s physical match reports and the digital platform would suggest some kind of move or action by the Caballito club at the headquarters of Argentine football to try to clear the goalkeeper’s record and prevent him from missing the crucial clash against Colón on Matchday 21 of the Primera Nacional.

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