Diego Abal has been separated from Argentine football. The former international referee was in charge of the video referee booth when a goal against Gimnasia y Esgrima was disallowed after an offside following a corner.
Diego Abal will no longer be able to lead. The judge was removed from his post by the AFA, after he was involved in a scandalous and unusual situation over the weekend. What seemed like just one more game for the referee, who has experience in the qualifiers and the Confederations Cup, ended up being the gravestone of his career. All for a disallowed goal against Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, after being taken offside on a corner.
The clock showed 86 minutes and the score showed 0-0, until Felipe Sánchez opened the account for El Lobo, against Sarmiento. So far everything is normal. However, the celebrations at the Estadio del Bosque are said to be closed after a call from VAR. The Video Arbitration Booth which Abal was responsible for, warned the main referee, Ariel Penel, that there could be an abnormal situation in the game.
It turns out that footballer Antonio Napolitano, who receives the ball after taking the corner, was outside the regulation limits of the field when his teammate Alan Lescano kicked the ball. After the review, the whistler decided not to charge what the opening of the account was. A determination that, strictly speaking, was wrong, since IFAB Rule 11 states that players’ forward positions in corner kicks, side kicks and ground kicks do not justify sanction.
The decision to dismiss Diego Abal was taken after a meeting held this Wednesday afternoon between Federico Beligoy, national director of refereeing of the AFA, and the judges of Argentine football, both in the first division than in promotion. During the meeting, the failures of the disallowed goal were highlighted. Also, it was pointed out that there can be mistakes during the performance, but ignoring the rules is a serious fault.
According to what was reported by the Trans-Andean media, Abal apologized and admitted the error in front of all his colleagues. After the separation of the aforementioned referee, the AFA announced that neither Ariel Penel, nor the assistants Ariel Scime and Daiana Milone, plus the fourth Ramiro López will be able to lead the next date of Argentine football. However, no official sanction has yet been announced against them.
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At 51, Diego Abal says goodbye to refereeing sooner than he imagined. The now former judge had been officiating as a First Division whistler since 2005. His performance escalated him to FIFA referee status in 2008, maintaining that distension until 2014. Then he had it again for a shorter period, in 2016. Since May 22, 2022, when he was the fourth referee in the League Cup final, he had only worked as a Referee VAR .
As an international referee, he managed to lead the 2011 U-17 World Cup, which was held in Mexico. He also participated in the South American U-17 Championship which was played in Chile in 2009. His most notable achievement on the playing field was being named for the 2013 Confederations Cup, held in Brazil. In this contest, he had to whistle in the match between Italy and Japan.
He was also a magistrate. He led La Roja on their way to Brazil 2014. Specifically in the match between the national team and the Peru team that was played in Lima in March 2013 in what was Jorge Sampaoli’s first game for points in command of everyone’s team.
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