Scandal: Malcorra confronted Gustavo López, security stepped in | OneFootball

Ignacio Malcorra, an Independiente footballer, was involved in a scandalous incident this Friday: he went to confront Gustavo López outside Radio La Red after the journalist’s comment about one of his plays in El Rojo’s elimination from the Apertura last Sunday against Rosario Central.

Malcorra, who had a happy spell at Canalla, showed up at the door of the AM 910 studios to confront López and challenge him to a fight, while López was trying to leave the station in his vehicle. Colleagues and the station’s security staff had to step in to keep things from escalating.

“You have no idea what a shitty week my family went through because of you,” Malcorra allegedly told López, according to witnesses. The incident took place on Gorriti Street near 5500, in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires.

The reason for Malcorra’s anger was a comment by the journalist during the TV broadcast (ESPN Premium) of the round-of-16 match, after he missed a scoring chance that could have put his team back in front. They were later eliminated at the Gigante de Arroyito (1-3).

On TV, López compared the play to a memorable move by Antonio Mohamed, who in the 1991 Apertura missed a clear chance in a 0-0 draw against Huracán, the club he loves, while wearing Boca’s shirt. That incident damaged relations between the Turco and the Xeneize fans.

On top of that, he kept it going the next day on La Red. “All that was missing was for him to celebrate with Central. Then I saw him in the videos greeting his former teammates...,” he said in his analysis.

After receiving criticism from Independiente fans, Malcorra had already spoken about the play on his social media. “They can call me a dog, whatever they want... But say I played against my own team? Never,” said the player who joined the club at the start of this year after leaving Central on a free transfer.

He explained: “In my head it was always the pass to Gaby (Ávalos); when I go to hit it, it gets away from me and I mess it up.” He then said that the right thing would have been to shoot directly at the goal defended by Jeremías Ledesma, “take the goalkeeper’s head off.”

Finally, on his Instagram (@ignaciomalcorra), he concluded: “I chose to come to this giant club to try to win something. Sorry for the result and for not being able to keep moving forward.”

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