After Boca’s arrival on Argentine soil after the important victory in Bolivia against Always Ready, Jorge Bermúdez spoke about the controversy that was generated by the gifts from the La Ribera club to the arbitration list and pointed out that they always have “courtesies” .
Once the triumph of the cast of La Ribera was completed 1-0 with Eduardo Salvio’s goal, from the Bolivian team they exploded with fury and unleashed a complaint in which, through a video, they assured that those close to Boca made him present to the referees prior to the match.
Although in the first instance the information would have been denied, from the Ezeiza property that Boca tells, it was Bermúdez who affirmed that indeed from the institution they extended a present to the judges of the Copa Libertadores match played on Wednesday night.
“Since we are in Boca as a Football Council, in each match we have the courtesy and delicacy of going to give a present to the refereeing body. In all the matches we have been, and there are witnesses who can say so,” said the former soccer player.
This action before the games is prohibited by Conmebol, therefore a sanction could fall on Boca, but Bermúdez made it irrelevant: “Let’s talk about important things. Talking more about the shirts than the good moment of the team is grotesque, but It is the Boca World and we are used to it”.
On the other hand, the former multi-champion player with Boca referred to the performance of the referee of the match, Kevin Ortega: “The arbitration seemed normal to me. I did not see any anomalous situation. We have never characterized ourselves by talking about details. It is a difficult play that of the penalty, because the goalkeeper goes to the feet and collides with Toto (Salvio). Going out to point out the referee without the VAR seems unfair to me; and on many occasions, with the VAR, too, “he said.