Opinion: Lima, you also have to know how to lose!

The Final between Alliance and Municipal Lima, in which the Paquiderms won in penalties 4-3 will go down in history, not only because they succeeded with a man less playing for more than an hour (they expelled Chicho Orellana to 40 '), but for what happened with the arbitration, but a sector blames Barton, as if he would have failed the goals … we go in parts.

Of all it is known that the central referee Iván Barton first followed the instructions of his line to invalidate a goal by Nico González, forward of Lima, for alleged advanced position, then gave it as valid, and finally invalidated him again. It is speculated that in this last decision there was use of technology, there is no shot that confirms that this happened. All based on rumors.

These lines are not to defend Referi Iván Barton and his team, but to bring to the reflection of what usually happens with those who lose ends, they always blame it others … Alliance by the way does not save themselves from these practices, they still blame Joel Aguilar for having lost a final.

Iván Barton, mainly, and his companions were wrong, yes, but in the forms, not in the back International arbitral.

Expressions such as those, like the image of the goal Joel Almeida (from Lima) pointing out that there was money in between with his gestures in the party (it was observed on television), or the statements of coach Chepe Romero, are unfortunate, based on a cultural victimism of mediocre.

The arbitration was bad, but not because they favored Alliance, that argument falls extremely easy with two concrete facts, without even entering to analyze the great controversial play from which some journalists, fans and some players complain: if they wanted to favor Alliance, why do they expel Chicho Orellana? It was not a deliberate elbow that of the second yellow card, it was an imprudent action. Anyone who has played football, even if it is a charamusca, knows that jumping with the arms glued to the body is almost impossible, but there are the same ways not to connect with the rival. There were elements to show the second yellow, yes, but nothing happened if he did not. Chicho was not well located, but he did not attack the rival, he connected him for not jumping well, and by livel of Lima, who magnified everything. Actions such as those have not seen yellow card in many national first division matches, including some that Barton whistled, including Lima players; Worse Walter Guevara was saved from worse. Who does not remember his last game of the regulations with the knocks and did not expel him as much as he deserved! Alianza, however, left him with one less than 40 'in the final!

But in addition, if Barton's intention and company was to favor Alliance, why point a penalty against albos in extra time that could have allowed to pass. Jiménez touches the ball, beyond the meeting to Espinoza. But there is a more important detail than almost anyone, much less the people of Lima, their coach and players, “come” in the repetitions or mention, that Espinoza, the player who supposedly commits penalty, is the one who first is missing, and a very serious fact. He does throw a elbow and is the face of the defender Albo, to such a degree that the nasal septum fractures him. It is only after that contact that Jiménez loses total notion of where he goes and passes to his rival, and, despite this, he even connects with the ball. Then, Mario González attacks Nico González's bad penalty. To blame Barton to kick him badly?

I don't see anyone talking about that, of that prison that should not be forced. I do not understand how some reprisals who, according to some, favored a particular team, a penalty like this, after a serious offense of the team that is supposedly harming.

Lima had to win, but he didn't know how to liquidate Alianza. And then, they even mention that Joel Almeida stopped a penalty and repeated him (in the penalty shootout) to favor the albos. Criticizing until that arbitral decision is not having any notion of football, zero, because it is one of the rules that have been discussed in recent years and is Vox Pópuli. If a goalkeeper advances before the kicker lashes the penalty, the collection is repeated if the ball does not go to the bottom. Spot. Applying the regulation is not to help another team or harm the other, it is the right thing, they are the rules of the game. If you don't like them, don't play football.

And finally, the famous action that passed out of place to goal, and back out of place. In the country there is no var. For some, it is in a clear advance, for others, even journalists, there was no advanced position. Here there is no var, and the point is that the line lifted the flag. What was late? Yes, as in almost 99% of advanced position actions in national football. But the central referee cannot ignore that to the line, unless Barton thought he pointed to a hand (it seems that Nico touches it before, in the previous action, but no, there is no hand either). However, this is ruled out, the assistant does not make a hand gesture, and speaks with the central referee before he gave the goal valid. Only the quartet knows well what happened, but the truth is that the line pointed out ahead position, and that decision should be respected. The only way that an arbitrator ignores a line (or assistant, as the re -ranks that run with flags through the bands have been known for a few years), is that it is for a theme of a judgment or lack of fault, or because one saw a rebound that by the angle did not see elotro, and it was a band serve for the rival team. But that an advanced position never applies, because the central has no way to perceive an advanced position online, only the assistant.

In other words, if you mean that there was no advanced position, well, as you like, but in any case it was millimeter, and Barton had to point it out because your assistant marked it. And another point: even with several repetitions it is entirely clear if it was out of place (I leave the colors for or against side, I do not go to Alianza or Lima, it seems to me that there was an advanced position, but I recognize that it is not clear to 100). In addition, on TV (tigo or channel 4) there is no such precise technology to throw the lines in such a way that it is 100% sure of what you see on television, not like VAR technology. The cameras are not aligned right in that direction to have a 100% precise parallel.

The referees were wrong, yes, but in the forms, not in the decision, they have not harmed Lima or football in the way they want to make it see. It is harmed more people who want to create opinion judgments without bases and supported by victimism. They had knads, they played better than alliance in many sections of the game, but did not liquidate it. You have to know how to lose too, that says and talks a lot about a team. And arbitral decisions have always been part of the game, even when you have favored you – call the team you want – but there no technician or player goes to thank the referee … and there are many cases in the end.

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