In a match where emotions and controversies were not lacking, Racing Club managed to draw 1-1 against Independiente, who could not win the Avellaneda derby at home in the Estadio Libertadores de América in Round 12 of the Argentine Professional League.
In the 'Academia,' they were dissatisfied with the result, and one of them was Peruvian Paolo Guerrero, who did not hide his discomfort at playing only in the final stretch of the match.
"Everyone always wants to play in derbies, they don't want to play 10 or 15 minutes, but well, we leave with a draw that we knew was going to be difficult, tough, but we knew we had to win," he declared to TyC Sports.
"The derby is to be won, so we are a bit sad because we came to win," added Guerrero, who acknowledged that his team only had a few goal-scoring opportunities.
According to Paolo Guerrero, only the goal was missing
"We had all the conditions to win it, but we leave with a draw. I can't tell you that we have a feeling of happiness because we came to win and we needed that, but well, we just have to keep working because this continues. I think we lacked goals, we didn't have many chances, but we were able to control the match," said the 39-year-old forward.
Finally, Guerrero said that in his opinion, there are no controversies over the penalty awarded to Racing. "There is no controversy with the penalty, it is very clear how the Independiente player pushes him in front of the area, it was very clear," he concluded.