Leandro Paredes fumes after defeat to Cruzeiro | OneFootball

Leandro Paredes expressed his anger after the defeat against Cruzeiro in Belo Horizonte. Boca lost by the narrowest margin and saw its unbeaten run in the Copa Libertadores come to an end in the middle of a controversial match shaped by the refereeing of Esteban Ostojich. In that sense, the Xeneize captain spoke on behalf of the team.

Boca showed a great performance against Cruzeiro before Adam Bareiro’s sending-off near the end of the first half. Xeneize was affected by the referee’s controversial decisions, as he repeatedly overlooked the Brazilians’ diving as they constantly tried to leave the Argentine side with a numerical disadvantage.

With Leandro Paredes, Boca lost 1-0 to Cruzeiro. Photo: Pedro Vilela/Getty Images.

With the complicity of the referee, who should have been responsible for enforcing justice, the home side achieved its objective and was able to play more freely. Despite everything, the goal came in the final minutes of the match and, after the final whistle, everything that had happened on the field sparked a major brawl that Ostojich did not take responsibility for.

For his part, Leandro Paredes, who was clearly angry during the match and at the end, spoke to the media and summed up the night. According to the captain, the game changed after Bareiro’s red card. “It became an uphill battle for us after the sending-off. I think we were doing very well, and even so we didn’t suffer that much, but well, it is what it is,” he said.

Regarding the confrontation after the end of the match, the midfielder avoided giving many details and said they were “things that happen in a match, they stay there.” In any case, he stressed: “obviously we don’t like them, but it is what it is, it’s over now and we have to think about what’s next.”

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