The controversy of River Plate's disallowed goal in the match against Vélez Sarsfield in the round of 16 of the CONMEBOL Libertadores does not allow us to see beyond. All eyes are focused on the action that marked the elimination of the millonarios.
The video of the images and the referee's conversation with his VAR assistants are repeated over and over again.
The fact is that everything that was generated with the aforementioned action and the subsequent claims by River Plate's players and coaching staff for a supposed penalty by Diego Godín, sidelined Cacique Alexander Medina's campaign in Argentina.
The young Uruguayan coach, who started his career in 2018 at the helm of Nacional's first team, has astonishing numbers against the big teams of Argentinian football.
Cacique arrived in Argentina in June 2018 to take over as head coach of Talleres de Córdoba, in what was his first experience abroad.
That year, with the Cordoba team, he faced River Plate in the Superliga 2019/2020. And Cacique's team surprised, winning away from home against the millonarios by 1-0.
In November 2020, Talleres de Medina defeated Boca Juniors at La Bombonera with a last-minute goal by Soñora.
He defeated Boca again in the same way, in the final minutes and at La Bombonera, in March 2021. That time it was 2-1 in the Liga Profesional with a goal scored by Valoyes in the fourth minute of extra time.
In this way, Alexander Medina became the only coach in Talleres de Córdoba's history to defeat Boca and River as an away team.
This Wednesday, Cacique added a new accolade to his record against the big teams of Argentina. Under the command of Vélez Sarsfield, the club he joined in May 2022, the Uruguayan coach eliminated River Plate in the round of 16 of the CONMEBOL Libertadores.
Medina has coached 10 matches against Boca and River, of which he won four, drew four, and lost the remaining two. This means that Cacique won 60% of the points earned.
Cacique against Boca and River:
08/25/19 River 0 - Talleres 1 Superliga 2019/20
02/02/20 Talleres 1 - Boca 2 Superliga 2019/20
11/15/20 Boca 0 - Talleres 1 Copa Maradona 2020
12/06/20 Talleres 0 - Boca 0 Copa Maradona 2020
03/21/21 Boca 1 - Talleres 2 Copa Liga Profesional 2021
08/01/21 Talleres 0 - Boca 0 Liga Profesional 2021
10/21/21 Talleres 0 - River 2 Liga Profesional 2021
12/08/21 Talleres 0 - Boca 0 Copa Argentina 2021
06/29/22 Vélez 1 - River 0 Copa Libertadores 2022
07/06/22 River 0 - Vélez 0 Copa Libertadores 2022