Boca slam Racing and refs: "Played dirty, officials against us" | OneFootball

Beyond the gameplay issues that Boca once again displayed, which provoked the disapproval of their fans, in the xeneize world there was also room for anger against the refereeing of Leandro Rey Hilfer, the VAR, and even Racing itself for their style of play at La Bombonera.

The first to speak out was Ayrton Costa, victim of an elbow from Maravilla Martínez that was not reviewed but could have been more than the yellow card the referee decided on: “We knew they were coming to play a very dirty game, the same thing happened last time with Maravilla and he didn’t get a card, today he hit three times off the ball and only got a yellow.”

“Honestly, I don’t know what’s going on but we have to keep working,” he tried to soften, but continued: “It makes you angry because it really seemed like they were against us and we do everything possible to make things go well for us, we work hard all week but sometimes it feels like the referees are against us, honestly I don’t know.”

Delving further into his annoyance, the defender reiterated in his conversation with TNT: “The same thing happened last time and Maravilla stayed on the pitch, today as well, then there was the stomp they gave us and nothing happened, he didn’t even go to look at it,” he referred to the foul at the start by Santiago Sosa on Edinson Cavani. “We are going to keep working, giving everything for this club and for the people who always support us,” he concluded.

In the same vein, Claudio Úbeda stated: “Maravilla should have been sent off. We saw the image of the elbow to Ayrton and it should have been a red card. I have no doubt about that. I think we have to try to cooperate from the outside so that the referees can flow and officiate well. It should have been reviewed. If it had been reviewed, there would have been a different conclusion.”

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