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

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

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

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.

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

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

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