Ruggeri’s reaction to Superclásico row and River verdict: ‘No leaders’ | OneFootball

On Sunday afternoon, Boca won the Superclásico by beating River 1-0 at the Monumental, in a Matchday 15 clash of the Apertura Tournament that was not without controversy: near the end, the Millonario appealed for a penalty by Lautaro Blanco on Lucas Martínez Quarta that Darío Herrera and the VAR did not deem one. In this scenario, Oscar Ruggeri had a striking reaction.

“The players shouldn’t have kept playing the match…,” said el Cabezón, who played for both teams, on his ESPN show. “It’s not like Boca deserved to win. If they call the penalty, they don’t win. Boca won only because of Paredes. The players should have made him go look at the play on the VAR. ‘Go see it, go see it.’ Then in the end he can say it wasn’t a penalty. Let him send them all off if he wants for going to protest, but the players should have taken him there,” he added.

“River has no leaders. The three mistakes in the goal play are proof that they don’t talk to each other. They couldn’t replace Enzo Pérez. Montiel is phenomenal, a national-team player, but he’s not the leader, he’s not Paredes, he’s not Maidana. River doesn’t have that player who, when he speaks, you listen and he puts everyone in the right place,” he concluded.

Although inside the Núñez squad they preferred to be more cautious, there were no controversial statements, and only coach Eduardo Coudet chose to compare it with an earlier play in which he did call an attacking foul by Maximiliano Salas. However, the one who did explode was Rodolfo D’Onofrio, former River president: “The VAR in the River-Boca match did not call to review the penalty in River’s favor; it was a crystal-clear PENALTY. Will there be JUSTICE? Everything is in doubt,” he wrote on his social media.

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