Úbeda and Delgado blast referee after Boca draw | OneFootball

The Boca of Úbeda once again left more doubts than certainties. For the third consecutive match, they took a step back in collective performance. They drew 0-0 against Racing in the 6th round of Zone A of the Apertura Tournament, but beyond the criticisms for the play and the poor result, the focus was on the performance of referee Leandro Rey Hilfer.

Both Milton Delgado and Claudio Úbeda questioned the refereeing of the official at La Bombonera, to the point that both agreed that Maravilla Martínez should have been sent off in the final moments of the first half. This situation did not occur, and he was only cautioned with a yellow card.

At 41 minutes into the first half, the Racing forward, intending to gain position—in an aerial duel—extended his arm and struck Ayton Costa in the face, who fell to the ground in severe pain. Rey Hilfer immediately called the foul in favor of the Xeneize and showed a yellow card to Maravilla Martínez, which caused a commotion in the center of the field where Boca players demanded a red card. The action was not reviewed.

Boca drew 0-0 against Racing. Photo: Gerónimo Marino/La Número 12.

After the match ended, in a press conference, the Sifón referred to what happened at the end of the first half and assured that the referee made a mistake by not reviewing or sending off the Academy's attacker. “For me, Maravilla should have been sent off. We saw the image of the elbow to Ayrton and it should have been a red card, I have no doubt about that. It was an act that should have been reviewed and there would have been a different conclusion,” he stated.

In the same vein, Milton Delgado, speaking with “TNT Sports” on the official broadcast, compared Martínez's clash with Ayrton Costa to what happened a few months ago in the semifinals of the 2025 Clausura Tournament. “Maybe the first one by Maravilla (Martínez) was a red. For me, he extended his hand, the same thing happened last time against Ayrton (Costa), but the referee will realize it later when he sees it,” he added.

Úbeda was not the only one

Like the coach and the central midfielder of Boca, Ayrton Costa also referred to the refereeing of Leandro Rey Hilfer, recalling the clash he had with Maravilla Martínez at the end of last year, where he also suffered a foul by the forward, but it was not sanctioned with a card.

Ayrton Costa also spoke about the refereeing. Photo: Gerónimo Marino/La Número 12.

“They came to play a very dirty game. Last time the same thing happened with Maravilla and he wasn't carded, today Maravilla hit three times without the ball and only got a yellow card. I don't know what's happening. It seemed like they were against us and we do our best to make things go well. The referees seem to be against us,” the defender said into the microphones of the broadcast.

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