HE Elche CF visit this Saturday (18:30) for Majorca still with echoes Arbitration discussion of the match played on the last day with Betis. And it will do it with rMemories of the first round match against the Balearic Islands who was thatMadrid referee impressed by controversial performance of Pizarro Gómez. There are many matches in this campaign starring the referees and the Franjiverdes feeling hurt.
HE last Monday night, October 10Elche welcomed Mallorca at the Martínez Valero stadium. Francisco was sacked the previous day. After losing (2-1) against Rayo at Vallecas. later he side coach Alberto Gallego and assistant Nino take over, temporarily, from the first team. A little Before the match started, a large water hose fell on the Elche Coliseum. and the accident had to be delayed for half an hour.
The game did not start with the right foot for Franjiverdes and Pizarro Gómez demoralized the Franjiverde congregation. He signaled a penalty in the seventh minute due to Antonio Sánchez’s drop to Pedro Bigas. As with Betis, VAR punished Elche and upheld the maximum penalty. Edgar Badia crowned saint and stopped the ejection of Kosovar Muriqi.
The rain stopped and Ezequiel Ponce put Elche ahead in the 15th minute. The storm in the sky and in the stands seemed to have subsided. Elche team won 1-0 in the first half.
But, In the second half, the referee and VAR again unleashed a thirsty storm with a lot of anger and fury. Among the football players and fans of Elche.
61st minute Lucas BoyeReappearing after his injury and replacing forward Ponce, he saw how the Madrid referee showed him a yellow card. However, once again VAR was in the lead and Pizarro Gómez changed his initial decision and The Argentine striker was sent off with a direct red card after he was not on the field for two minutes..
Anger engulfed more than 15,000 spectators who attended Martínez Valero despite the rain. The match was going uphill and they began to fear that their first win of the season would not come as it had come.
Just eight minutes later, another arbitration dispute ensued. Elche is injured. Pizarro Gómez was not content with the expulsion of Boyé and He signaled a second penalty against Franjiverdes in a game where Edgar Badia came out to raise his fists and put the captain of Mallorca Raíllo ahead.. A very controversial decision because the goalkeeper had a clear advantage and could not stop.
Muriqi did not miss the second chance and although the Elche goalkeeper guessed his intentions, he was unable to save the penalty on that occasion..
The referee tried to make up for the situation with Muriqi being dismissed in the final moments.. However, the damage had already been done as Franjiverdes had received two maximum penalties and a red card against him.
After last Friday’s game against Betis with three penalties and three expulsions, it was the first round match against Mallorca that had hurt Elche the most this season.. And I’m sure that on Saturday at the Last Moix, when the players of one team and the players of the other team meet again, they will remember it and Elche’s will have compelling reasons to discuss the death they suffered on this course with the arbitration proceedings.