Just over 24 hours after his strong statements towards the AFA for the elimination of Talleres from the League Cup,
Federico Girotti
used his Instagram account to apologize.
"I got carried away by the raw emotions of a person who breaks his back working to take his club to the top
," he apologized.
On Monday, after the 2-2 with Independiente that left both teams out of the playoffs, the forward targeted
Nicolás Ramírez
("I thought he was a serious referee," he accused) and, fundamentally, against
Pablo Toviggino, treasurer of the AFA and a man close to Claudio
Chiqui
Tapia
, who recently targeted Juan Sebastián Verón and Andrés Fassi, presidents of Estudiantes de La Plata and Talleres, respectively, for their positions regarding the landing of Sports Joint Stock Companies (SAD) in Argentine soccer.
"They wanted to put us to bed and they put us to bed. They wanted to take us out and they took us out... All the nonsense that was said and they took us out. The third is a thin line. They throw a player at us in a penalty that not even they realize. To the side On the left (Ayrton Costa) they had to kick us out for several months. They stole our hope. In this football that is talked about, Toviggino comes out to talk... That we, that Verón, that Argentine football
. Who is Toviggino?
Here the thermo heads have the advantage. Since we are an organized club and they get angry,
they wanted to turn us around and they turned us around
," Girotti had pointed out.
GIROTTI'S BOMBS AFTER THE ELIMINATION OF WORKSHOPS
The forward and his explosive statements: "They have wanted to knock us down for several months and today they achieved it. They stole our hope in this football that is so stained. It seems that here the thermo heads have the advantage." pic.twitter.com/2MdiZygwQL
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Now, on Instagram he retracted: "
I apologize to the Argentine Football Association and Mr. Toviggino
for my post-match statements. My intentions were not to offend."
The VAR audios (halfway)
In the last few hours, the Professional League published the VAR audio, although with one caveat: they only shared the dialogue of the penalty that Nicolás Ramírez ended up sanctioning in favor of Independiente.
In the disclosed conversations you can see how the VAR alerted Ramírez of a possible handball in the Miguel Navarro area. And, after reviewing the play several times, they ask the referee to come over and see the images. Finally, after verifying it with the cameras, the match judge warned: "Now
I change my initial decision
and sanction a penalty kick and a warning for number 16."
However, within the refereeing decisions of the match, the penalty was never in discussion. The handball in the area is clear and Navarro's arm was detached from his body, so it was effectively a penalty. But until now,
the audios of other controversies of the match have not been shared,
such as the offside that Girotti was charged with in what was 3-2 for Talleres on the hour, and what the classification of the Córdoba team would have also meant. .
On the other hand, Talleres also pointed out against the referee's determination not to give the second yellow to Adrián Sporle and Ayrton Costa, but it should be noted that the VAR cannot intervene if it is not a direct red.