Black was the day that Arturo Vidal lived in Chile’s catastrophic 2-0 loss to Ecuador in San Carlos de Apoquindo. The midfielder and referent of the Red managed to be on the field for just 13 minutes, after being expelled for a terrible ironing in the face of Félix Torres.
One of those who referred to the move by the «King» was the Argentine Javier Castrilli, Head of the ANFP Referees Commission, who assured that the sanction was correct.
«It is not up to me to comment on arbitration, because it is an international arbitration, and that is what the Conmebol authorities are for,» the helmsman of the national referee began by saying.
«It was a complicated play. (Vidal) compromised the opponent and he is correctly expelled. There is no doubt, it is an unfortunate play because the physical integrity of the opponent was put at serious risk,» he added.
Record that after the comparison, the midfielder apologized on his social networks for conditioning the Redfor which he earned thousands of messages of support from his teammates and also from the fans of the Creole team.