After the controversy with the Superclasico, Héctor Paletta broke his silence: 'I'm not a fan of any club'

Three days after it will be played, the Super Classic between River and Boca is still on everyone's lips. One of the main people responsible is Héctor Paletta, the referee for the VAR of the match, who decided not to call Darío Herrara to review a possible penalty about Lucas Martínez Quarta for a push in the Lautaro Blanco area, which could, or could not, have meant the Millionaire's tie over the hour

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Far from acknowledging his mistake, Paletta explained in an interview the reasons why he did not summon the judge to see the action. “My philosophy of using the tool is to try to support field decisions, which are the ones that are punishing. There was a referee team on the field that assessed that there had been a contact, but that it was not strong enough to knock down Martínez Quarta. I agreed with the images. There wasn't an elephant to summon the referee, that's the reality,” he said in an interview with C5N

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Along these lines, he deepened his position and pointed against the interpretation of the move: “I continue to maintain that there is an image that looks more like it, but that there is very little evidence to correct a field decision where I agree that the arm that Blanco puts on Martínez Quarta, who measures 1.80 and weighs 80 kilos, does not tear it down that way. As soon as you feel the contact, you exaggerate the fall

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In addition, he remarked that it was a questionable action: “I evaluate everything, I evaluate that Martinez Quarta stays on the floor holding his back as if he had been beaten. It was all evidence to support the field decision. It's a gray move: for some it may be a penalty and for others it may not. We decided to support the decision of the field referee.

” It even made a difference with Maximiliano Salas's action against Ayrton Costa, in which Herrera did sanction an offence: “I would have invited him if it were a goal.

Although the contact was different, the Boca player had already jumped and Salas's contact was minimal to simulate the Boca player. For the sake of consistency, neither of the two contacts consider it an offence in football, which is a contact sport

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The referee also revealed the personal impact of the controversy: "One has to preserve the environment and the family after so much controversy that was generated by an arbitral decision. I have received calls and messages of all kinds, something that is not common after an arbitral decision, erroneous or not.” He added: “They leaked my phone. I received calls, WhatsApp and a lot of threats. I live in a city where my elders were born, everyone knows us. Luckily we don't feel it on the street, but we can hear it on the phone.”

Regarding internal support, he said: “Rapallini and Beligoy told me that they agreed with my decision. We recently had a meeting where they told us that they were looking for a lot of ants. It's not good for a referee to drive from the cockpit. The decisions are made by the field referees who are sweating the

shirt.” He

also referred to River's request not to be appointed by him: “I was not informed of anything about it from AFA. I have directed River many times and now all this jumps out. It annoys me because it seems that they are looking for something

more.”

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In another part of the interview, Paletta denied versions of an alleged affinity with Boca: “I'm not a fan of any club. I don't know if Gabriel's statement is there. I have a brother who is a fan of River and another of Boca. Then that old statement that I'm from Boca falls off.”

“I was the VAR when Giménez's last-minute goal in the Superclasico was canceled. River won there and my brother's statements had nothing to do with it there. When it's for us we don't say anything and when it's against it we're going to carry everything,” he added

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"I don't see the networks. You come free to manage any game, no matter what team they are. We and Darío (Herrera) were in the final of the Copa Libertadores, we didn't debut in this match. When I evaluate the final play, I don't think about statements made by my brother in 2007. At the time, those in Boca were angry and now those in River. The issue is when there is harassment and media shooting,” he concluded

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The controversy over alleged cryptocurrency payments On the

other hand, Paletta also firmly rejected recent accusations about alleged irregular cryptocurrency charges: “The cryptocurrency thing is totally false, there is no proof. Let them show which judge or prosecutor filed that. That does hurt. It doesn't hurt me if they say if it was criminal or not, but this is. Where did they get that from? Why didn't they report it sooner if it was in 2024? ”.

And he closed harshly against the published versions: “They take me as a scapegoat to hit I don't know who and that's why I go out to talk. It's a disgrace, a total falsehood. Now it was my turn and next week it was the turn of another colleague. You have to go out and defend yourself because they hurt. I understand the fans. A lot of times it feels like you're taking things out of him. It's for one side or the other, we're never going to make them all fit. We are used to it because of all the years of career we have. The other thing is the other thing, where they talk about assumptions and pass a line. They released a report saying that I took out I don't know how much money

for cryptocurrency.”