Independiente Medellín signed a 1-1 fight against Atlético Nacional in Liga Betplay I 2025, near the classification with 29 points, but not quite ready.
But the great controversy was the conflict that the local goalkeeper had, Washington Aguerre, and the National attacker, Kevin Viveros.
The Uruguayan made gestures against his opponent who were evidently offensive, so both won yellow cards.
'What happens on the court stays there'
However, many considered that the punishment was not adequate because Pablo Ceppelini, last year, cost an ex officio sanction of two dates a very similar reaction.
Aguerre himself tried to lower the foam of the great controversy that was generated: “They are things that happen in the game and stay there, what happens on the court stays there. It was nothing bad, he also made me gesture and I returned it, but mine was worse. You have to know how to play with those things and take it with humor,” he said in talk with win.
The image that remained after the incident says nothing of who it is really, in his words: “outside the court I am very dear to everyone, inside I am a totally different person. I have to be like this to be able to play,” he said.
“These are things that happen in the game and stay there, what happens on the court stays there. It was not bad, he also made me gesture and I returned it, but mine was worse. You have to know how to play with those things and take it with humor,” Washington Aguerre, Dim player.#DespiertaWin pic.twitter.com/thk1XKZvKa
– Win Sports (@winsportStv) May 5, 2025
Will there be ex officio punishment?
Although many in social networks and opinion programs require that the case be examined ex officio in the discipline commission and that a more severe sanction is imposed, in the regulation there is no option for that to happen.
“He was already punished. Washington Aguerre, from Independiente Medellín, was punished with yellow in the field for the gesture he made about the rival 'that had a bad breath' Ceppellini was punished ex officio because in the field they did not sanction it. The goalkeeper of the powerful should not receive more sanctions,” explained the arbitration analyst José Borda.
It was already punished
Washington Aguerre del @Dim_oficial She was punished with yellow in the field for the gesture she made about the rival 'that had a bad breath' Ceppellini was punished ex officio because in the field they did not sanction it. The powerful goalkeeper should not receive more sanctions pic.twitter.com/W4SEL47Gtx– Jose Borde (@borda_alista) May 5, 2025
In this way, the severity of the infraction, for better and worse, already remained as Aguerre said, on the court.
