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·25 July 2026

Video: Platense v Unión, VAR steps in over mistaken identity

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The match in which Platense and Unión drew 2-2 in Vicente López, on the opening matchday of the Clausura, featured the first VAR intervention for mistaken identity in Argentine football.

Referee Sebastián Martínez, nephew of Federico Beligoy (national director of Referee Training), had wrongly booked Fagioli of Unión for a foul on Heredia. Salomé Di Iorio, in charge of the VAR booth in Ezeiza, called the referee over to show him that no foul had been committed, but rather that the Platense player had handled the ball.

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As a result, Fagioli’s yellow card was rescinded, and Pupa Heredia was eventually booked instead.

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