Sporting Cristal defeated Alianza Atlético de Sullana 2-0 in the 18th round of the Clausura Tournament in the Liga 1 Betsson 2022. This match had a controversial play in the Celeste team's penalty area: Franco Zanelatto was brought down by Nilson Loyola, but the referee did not award a penalty to the northerners.
Against this, Horacio Zimmermann indicated that the beer team has been the most benefited by referee errors throughout the season; however, Diego Rebagliati refuted the sports journalist's argument. Both communicators engaged in a tense debate.
"If you enumerate the situations, it is more a truth than a persecution against Cristal. It is the team that has benefited the most from referee errors. Cristal is not to blame, in the end the bad ones are the referees. Everything that is in favor has been awarded to Cristal," said Zimmermann on the "Después de todo" program on Movistar Deportes.
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"Wait, but there are also calls against them. The other day against Grau there were a couple of penalties not called," replied Rebagliati. "There is a valid argument towards your point, which is that Cristal is the team that has the most penalties called against them, but clearly they are also the team that attacks the most. Do you remember a game in April, a game that ended 6-4 against Municipal?"
When is Cristal's next match?
Sporting Cristal will face Carlos A. Mannucci in the last round of the Clausura Tournament in the Liga 1 Betsson 2022. This match is scheduled for Sunday, October 30th at the Alberto Gallardo stadium.