Why Falcón Pérez allowed Merentiel’s goal in Boca v Unión draw | OneFootball

The Uruguayan equalized the game in Santa Fe, but the Tatengue players claimed there was a foul at the start of the play.

Unión and Boca drew in Santa Fe, as part of matchday 11 of the Torneo Apertura, but beyond the final result, there were several complaints against referee Yael Falcón Pérez after Miguel Merentiel’s goal, which secured the tie for Boca.

In midfield, as the play was starting, Lautaro Blanco contested the ball with Julián Palacios, who ended up being knocked down. The play continued and led to a cross that Adam Bareiro almost turned into a goal. However, it was Merentiel who appeared on the rebound.

After the ball hit the net, the Tatengue players complained to Falcón Pérez. And after several hours of controversy, journalist Germán García Grova was able to speak with the refereeing team, who confirmed that for Palacios, "the initial shirt pulling does not make him fall or destabilize him". They added: "Afterwards, he lets himself fall."

Regarding the play, they maintain that 'not even the Unión players protested at the time', and they also explained why they did not review the play with VAR and what they saw from the booth: "That there is a shirt pull but it does not make him fall. And then he throws himself backwards."

Julián Palacios spoke about the foul

After the match, Julián Palacios himself spoke with ESPN F1, where he expressed his frustration over his team’s draw. He also called for a foul by Lautaro Blanco on him in the play that led to Merentiel’s goal, which sealed the final 1-1 in Santa Fe.

“I’ll watch it now, what I feel is that he grabs me and pulls me back, and that’s why I couldn’t get to poke the ball away. We’ll have to watch and analyze it, and then everyone has to correct their own mistakes,” were the midfielder’s words as he claimed the foul.

The truth is that, beyond this claim and the anger of the Unión players on the field, the match referee, Yael Falcón Pérez, did not see the same thing as Palacios. He also booked the Tatengue player for his subsequent protest.

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