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The performance of Néstor Pitana, referee of the match between Santos and LDU, deserved to be sanctioned by Conmebol. The referee granted six minutes of extra time in the second half, he stayed “without looking at the clock” until eight minutes of extra time and, when he realized it, he was in the middle of a fight between players of the two teams, separating like a judge of box.
Experienced and indicated for the World Cup, the judge is considered one of the best on the continent, but had an inexplicable performance at the end of the second half. He was also the favorite to whistle the most important Libertadores matches in which Argentine teams did not participate.
At least for the Vila Belmiro fans, the classification passed despite the errors of the brother. Now, he is waiting for the opponent who comes out of the confrontation between Grêmio and Guaraní, from Paraguay.
It was precisely in the minutes when the final whistle should have sounded that the confusion occurred. John, the Santos goalkeeper, displaced on a ball out and fell complaining of pain. Lucas Veríssimo went to take satisfaction and the “cessation group” had to act to avoid the worst.
It is true that Veríssimo should not have gotten into the confusion with the scoreboard, qualifying Santos for the quarterfinals. It was no longer a happy night and he still ran the risk of taking red and being embezzled in the quarterfinals.
After long minutes of VAR analysis, Pitana still applied red cards to a member of the Santos technical committee, Luiz Felipe and Villarruel, from LDU. Before that, Aguirre had already been expelled.
