Pereyra accuses Echavarría over insults: ‘It was shameful’ | OneFootball

Fabio Pereyra, Huracán defender, made a strong accusation against Pablo Echavarría: he claimed the referee insulted him before sending him off in the huge win over Boca at La Bombonera in the Apertura round of 16.

The Globo center-back, who argued with the referee on several occasions, was at the center of attention in the first half of extra time. Ayrton Costa escaped a red card for a hard challenge on Óscar Romero, but the official did not notice it. Play continued and Eric Ramírez then stamped on Tomás Aranda: the Huracán player was shown a straight red.

At that moment, Pereyra rushed over to complain to Echavarría. In the middle of the protest, the referee decided to show him a second yellow and send him off, leaving Huracán down to nine men in barely a minute.

“I went to complain about a foul by Costa, the Boca player, on Óscar Romero. He went in from behind with both feet. I went to complain about it. And he told me, word for word: ‘Get over there, you motherf***er.’ And then I said to him, ‘Why are you talking to me like that? Why are you talking to me like that?’ And then he gave me the second yellow,” he told ESPN.

“I’m not complaining about anything... But what the referee did today was shameful. Honestly, the way he spoke to me, the way he disrespected me... Me, someone who’s older now, who has been around, who has experience... Speaking to me that way, I think that’s disrespectful,” Pereyra said. And he concluded: “The truth is, I’m not one to talk about referees, but what he did today was shameful.”

In a heated match that had everything and was decided in extra time, Huracán won 3-2 (thanks to two Óscar Romero penalty goals after childish fouls by Lautaro Di Lollo) and advanced to the Apertura quarterfinals, where they will face Argentinos in La Paternal next Tuesday.

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