Clever move by Ferro? Monetti set to face Colón despite fifth yellow | OneFootball

Fernando Monetti has definitively reached five yellow cards and, by regulation, must serve a one-match suspension against Colón, despite a striking discrepancy in the official records.

While the starting goalkeeper for Ferro Carril Oeste picked up his fifth booking last weekend, the federation’s computer system shows different information that has raised alarms around the Sabalero camp.

The evidence of the fifth yellow card

The focus of the controversy is that the goalkeeper’s latest booking came in the previous match against San Miguel. This suspension comes on top of that of forward Emanuel Dening, who also reached the card limit.

Monetti’s accumulation of five yellow cards is fully documented on multiple statistics websites and, most importantly, in the match reports on the official website of the Argentine Football Association (AFA).

The breakdown of the matches in which he was booked includes:

Matchday 6: vs. Los Andes (03/21, home)

Matchday 7: vs. Atlanta (03/28, away)

Matchday 12: vs. Ciudad Bolívar (05/03, away)

Matchday 15: vs. Central Norte (05/24, home)

Matchday 20: vs. San Miguel (07/11, away)

The controversy with the COMET system despite the clarity of the data above, in the COMET system Ferro’s goalkeeper unexpectedly appears with only 4 yellow cards.

What is the COMET system?

It is FIFA’s Football Management System, an international digital platform used by the AFA to officially register transfers, contracts, eligible players, goals and, crucially, sanctions and cards in real time. It is the definitive record that determines who can and cannot take the field.

This omission of a yellow card in the main computer system has sparked suspicion. The discrepancy between the AFA’s physical match reports and the digital platform would suggest some kind of move or action by the Caballito club at the headquarters of Argentine football in an attempt to clear the goalkeeper’s record and prevent him from missing the crucial Matchday 21 Primera Nacional clash against Colón.

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