INDEPENDIENTE had been awarded a weird penalty throughout their conflict with Colon yesterday.
The 2 sides did battle at Estadio Libertadores de America within the Argentine Primera Division.
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Colon took the lead by means of Santiago Pierotti on ten minutes, earlier than Independiente hit again in uncommon circumstances.
All of it appeared innocuous sufficient, when the guests ready to take a purpose kick.
Goalkeeper Ignacio Chicco initially positioned the ball on the six yard line, when team-mate Paolo Goltz motioned that he ought to take it.
Chicco handed the ball a yard to his proper, with Goltz choosing it as much as place the ball himself.
Independiente stars began leaping up and down interesting for a penalty, claiming Chicco had taken the kick due to this fact Goltz had handballed it.
The referee initially waved away the house facet’s fierce protestations, motioning for gamers to cease surrounding him.
However, extremely, VAR intervened and ultimately opted to provide a spot kick.
Martin Cauteruccio transformed from 12 yards, levelling the sport at 1-1.
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That wasn’t the top of the drama, with Independiente being awarded one other penalty ten minutes from the top of regular time.
This time Matias Daniel Gimenez Rojas was readily available to attain, giving Independiente a 2-1 lead.
However Goltz, who was booked, and Co weren’t completed there – with Ramon Abila placing a dramatic a hundred and first minute equaliser to see the match end 2-2.
Followers on-line had been left baffled by the primary penalty incident.
One tweeted a facepalm emoji after seeing the decision.
Whereas a second wrote: “Still not sure what was the strangest thing I saw in football yesterday: a goalkeeper scoring directly from his goal kick, or this being given as a penalty.”
A 3rd joked: “Seen them given.”
And one other labelled it “one of the most stupid penalties in football history”.
The draw sees Independiente sit nineteenth within the desk, whereas Colon stay winless after eight video games and sit twenty seventh, second from backside, after clinching their fifth draw.