Penalties decided the faith of Boca Juniors and prevented them from playing in the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores in the match against Atletico Mineiro in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. However, what happened after the match will be remembered more than the game itself.Chaos, to put it mildly, with the scenes we could expect in the stands directed by the hardcore fans and ‘ultras’.Parte 2. Gas pimienta y Pavon tirandole algo al techo(?) pic.twitter.com/Z0155Ahk7P— Faka (@Faka_sc) July 21, 2021 Footage from Brazil shows the local police spraying teargas towards Boca Juniors footballers at the locker room door. Boca players are furious because, according to the Argentines, their goal was annulled after VAR consultations.And even more because the president of Atletico Mineiro, Sergio Coelho, provoked them after the match by throwing bottles of water at the visiting players?! Argentine within Mineiro ranks Nacho Fernandez tried unsuccessfully to calm Coelho down and drag him away.The Argentine side, of course, could not keep quiet about it, they started to break in the locker room and allegedly wanted to go to the rival because the judges hid there. Then the team fought hard with the security of the home team.The police prevented a bigger conflict, and there were even hints that Boca’s footballers will be arrested. In the end, eight people from the club – only one player – were detained as witnesses.Marcos Rojo y Carlos Izquierdoz, a las trompadas con la seguridad. pic.twitter.com/Zc7BTG5gsM— Planeta Boca Juniors (en 🏡) (@PlanetaBoca) July 21, 2021 Both eight-finals games ended scoreless, so Atletico celebrated with a 3-1 victory on penalties, as the goalkeeper of the home team, Everson, saved two penalties and then scored one himself. The problem, however, is that Boca were annulled for a goal in both matches, after a long review of VAR.”We scored a good goal, and the fact is that we deserved to win the first game as well. This hurts, we feel bad. CONMEBOL [the South American Football Confederation] need to look at the refereeing.” said Boca midfielder Diego Gonzalez to reporters after the match.UNA VERGÜENZA @CONMEBOL Los jugadores de #Boca recibieron gases lacrimógenos por parte de la policía en el vestuario pic.twitter.com/ROut05sUGu— La12tuittera ⑫ (@La12tuittera) July 21, 2021 Boca legend, and former Argentina star, now Vice President Juan Roman Riquelme commented the unpleasant scenes, claiming that the police were the aggressors as the situation escalated in the tunnel.”When they were in the locker room, you see a person in a suit who pushed the boys and insults them … The policemen threw gases in the players’ faces.”They gas, what do you do? Do you defend yourself or do you let them hit you? You see the president throwing bottles, the police … They don’t say anything to them. That’s the truth.””We compete fairly, we deservedly win both games, yet we are out. It’s difficult when they don’t want to give you the goals,” Riquelme added. “It is worrying, supposedly the issue of the VAR is to be more accurate and not cheat. It is a very nice competition, but this is unfortunate. “The Copa Libertadores is not serious or fair.”It is all in vain. Atletico goes to the quarterfinals and in Belo Horizonte they say – deservedly. A foul on a Mineiro player preceded Boca’s disallowed goal.Tweet
