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Do you remember the Peruvian defender who was expelled in the 2015 Copa América for a brutal iron on the back of Charles Aránguiz? Well, now he’s back to doing his thing. Carlos Zambrano elbowed flower in the face of Paraguayan attacker, Miguel Almirón, and to everyone’s surprise, he was only admonished.
It was the 18th minute of the first half of the meeting between Paraguay and Peru, when the fast winger of Newcastle commanded a counter towards the Peruvian area. After advancing several meters, Zambrano did not hesitate to stop him cold and found no better way than to put his elbow at the height of his rival’s head..
The judge of the match, the Argentine Nestor Pitana, charged the foul, but only admonished the Peruvian. The Paraguayans asked the referee to go and review the play at WHERE, but Pitana incredibly refused.
Check out Zambrano’s violent action:
Further, remember the iron that Zambrano himself gave Aránguiz in 2015:
