From the 90th minute of Liga de Quito and Barcelona SC, held on Saturday night at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado Stadium, the game seemed to go on forever. Referee René Marín Inca played 22 minutes of stoppage time. In other words, it was practically the equivalent of half a 45-minute half. Or it can also be mentioned that the added time was close to covering the period that extra time lasts in football.
Referee René Marín Inca, the reincarnation of Byron Moreno in the Liga de Quito vs. Barcelona SC
In the 90+2 minute, referee Marín stopped the game as a group of White fans climbed onto the metal net that separated them from the goal defended by Javier Burrai of the Canary Islands. Nine minutes later, the actions continued. In the second phase there were five substitutions per side and according to the rule in each half the referee must add 30 seconds for each substitution that occurs. Therefore, all variants represent an addition of 5 minutes.
‘We’ll see what they come up with now’, is the strong message of Damián Díaz, midfielder from Barcelona SC in the Liga de Quito, after winning the bullfight at Rodrigo Paz Delgado Stadium
However, the extensive 22 minutes were over and this decision, made in the most important match of the sixth date of the Pro League, recalled the controversial extension measure applied by Byron Moreno in 2002, also in the contest between the lilies and the bulls in Quito.
‘Thank you for not turning off the lights this time’, Barcelona SC and another ‘resounding blow’ to Liga de Quito, after victory at Rodrigo Paz Delgado Stadium
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‘leave me alone’
On Saturday at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado Stadium, Barcelona SC achieved its first victory in 26 years, 6 months and 10 days (October 5, 1997) after a game that inaugurated the history of sports battles fought on that stage against the Albos. Christian marmoset Ortiz scored the 1-0 goal that ended the curse. The steering wheel went down in history, but also, controversially, referee Marín.
Since 1996, Barcelona SC has not won the Liga de Quito in the capital of the Republic
Perhaps unintentionally, Byron Moreno again played a major role in controversy after Marína’s performance. References to his work 21 years ago were inevitable, when he was the main cause of the first ‘endless’ match between Liga de Quito and Barcelona SC. Moreno updated the criticism against him by posting a message on his Twitter, which also included a request, on Saturday evening.
“The game ended with the victory of Barcelona, who knew how to keep the result, even though it was played for more than 21 minutes. The problem is not the weather, which was correct, but the team’s work, play and concentration. Now leave me alone and congratulations on the victory,” wrote Moreno, who quickly received rejections on that social network.
Moreno and 12 minutes
On September 8, 2002, Barcelona SC won 3–2 at Casa Blanca, after 90 minutes, thanks to a double by Nicolás Asenci (one goal was a penalty) and the second goal by Carlos Yaqué, who also scored both college goals. . Judge Moreno added 12 minutes, more than the initial 6 as announced. In that period, Liga came back and won 4-3, with goals from Carlos Tenorio (90+9 minutes) and Flavi Hernán Schiavi (90+11). The Toreadors were fired up and directed their anger at Moreno.
EL UNIVERSO had this to say about the referee on September 9, 2002: “Byron Moreno committed the cardinal sin for football referees: he stepped into the limelight. He had his worst day in Ecuadorian football, during a match between Liga de Quito and Barcelona. He was fickle and timid, probably because his image is deteriorating and this is depriving him of the votes to become a councilor in the municipality of Quito, since he is the candidate of the Party of Independent National Action of Renewal (Prian).”
It was added in the review of this newspaper: “Moreno went out of the ordinary and into the incredible: he played 102 minutes, a football match that by law lasts 90 and which, due to the hourly rate, could lose 6, as he himself had indicated at the beginning. And just in the last three minutes, Liga scored two goals that turned the score around. Barcelona won, over time, 3-2; in the end, they lost 4-3″.
a collection of errors
But the 12 minutes played by the central defender was not his only mistake. EL UNIVERSO’s note was rich in details: “Moreno has already made a mistake: he awarded two penalty kicks (one for each team) when the actions did not deserve such drastic decisions. And, furthermore, he tarnished his performance when he canceled a clear play: the position of Argentine Carlos Yaqué was advanced, and the ball still entered the Barcelona goal. The scandal occurred when Moreno overrode linesman René Tola, who flagged a foul; but then Moreno stepped back, accepted his assistant’s signal and ended up penalizing offside. It was 3 minutes that made two fans despair and that warmed up the spirits on stage. This is where Moreno lost control of the match.
‘A shame for arbitration and football’
It was presented like this: “What later happened at the meeting was predictable: an uncontrolled person does not measure time and lets it pass without brakes. And of course, the home team took advantage of the mistake and won”.
In this newspaper, former referee José Mendiburo, in his column ‘Soccer and Arbitration’, used this headline: ‘Scandal!’ The former referee, who died in 2011, said on September 10, 2002: “Byron Moreno – the referee, the referee, the World Cup, the candidate – will not be able to repair the damage done to football and his colleagues. It’s a scandal! Although we have opposed the use of this term for football, we cannot avoid it on this occasion. It happened last Sunday during the match Liga de Quito vs. Barcelona, where the White House is painted with shame through no fault of the owner”.
20 suspension dates
On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, Álex de la Torre, president of the Disciplinary Commission of the Ecuadorian Football Association, reported that a referee from Quito had been suspended for 20 dates for violating Article 142, letter i, of that body’s regulations, which states that it will punish referees , assistant or fourth judges: “For stating false or biased facts in the report”.
De la Torres added that the report of the inspector of the game, César Proaño from Manabit, states that the last two goals of Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito were scored after 100 and 102 minutes respectively, while Moreno indicates that they were scored. in 89 and 90 minutes.
Meanwhile, Patricio Viteri, president of Ecuafútbol’s National Arbitration Commission, reported that the body’s Article 32 had been applied to Moreno and that the referee could not be appointed to whistle indefinitely. In addition, the referee – who has already had a terrible performance at the 2022 World Cup – has come under the scrutiny of the Academic Referees Committee and a file has been opened to scrutinize his performance in the Liga (Q)-Barcelona SC match. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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