Sporting Cristal faces Deportivo Municipal for date 10 of League 1
Jesús Castillo was the protagonist of a childish expulsion in the duel between Sporting Cristal and Deportivo Municipal for League 1. The last minutes of the first half were played, when the 21-year-old midfielder lost his temper while he was fighting for the ball with Fernando Pacheco, giving him a kick kick without the ball, for which referee Micke Palomino sent him off, leaving the ‘celestes’ with 10 men for the remainder of the match.
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The play happened after 45 minutes, when Castillo poorly controlled an aerial ball, a fact that the mayor’s winger took advantage of to win the position. The ‘celestial’ footballer tried to recover it, but his ex-partner began to hold the ball and raise his arm provocatively. In the middle of the struggle, the midfielder complained of a slap to the face, but since the judge let the play continue, he kicked Pacheco hard, who had already touched his central defender.
Immediately afterwards, the entire Deportivo Municipal bench, including Ángel Comizzo, who entered the field, angrily protested to the referee, who did not hesitate to show the red card. It should be noted that Jesús Castillo had already earned a yellow card after 36 minutes for another foul against Fernando Pacheco, on that occasion it was for pulling his shirt, also without the ball. However, the expulsion was not for a double warning, but for a direct red card.
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The consequences of the expulsion came quickly for Sporting Cristal, because only 3 minutes later, at 45 + 3 ‘, Pacheco himself overflowed down the wing and crossed for Christopher Olivares, who scored the equalizer for Deportivo Municipal with a header, in a play Made by two footballers trained in the rimenses quarries.
Sporting Cristal faces Deportivo Municipal for date 10 of League 1
With the intention of organizing the team, for the second half Tiago Nunes ordered the entry of Martín Távara and Jostin Alarcón instead of Alejandro Hohberg and Brenner Marlos. In this way, they lost two important attacking players, but regained their balance in midfield.
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Due to his expulsion, the ‘cervecero’ brand midfielder will miss the game on April 14, when the ‘celestial’ receive Sport Boys at the Alberto Gallardo on date 11 of League 1. However, he will be able to be in the clash on Wednesday the 5th against Fluminense at the start of the group stage of the Copa Libertadores.
Jesús Castillo was not the only one at Sporting Cristal to lose patience with Fernando Pacheco, let’s remember that minutes before, he had a heated argument with the coach Tiago Nunes, who also received the yellow card. The incident was due to the fact that the Brazilian coach was saying things to him every time he passed through his technical zone, until the referee warned him and decided to admonish him.
It is important to mention that the 22-year-old winger has a contract with Sporting Cristal for all of 2023 and it is likely that in the future he will return and share a team with the two protagonists of his controversies.
The Brazilian coach and the 22-year-old winger starred in a controversy at Sporting Cristal vs. Municipal.
This red card meant the second expulsion in Jesús Castillo’s career, the previous time was on June 19, 2021 in the 2-1 victory over Cusco FC in the Copa Bicentenario. In addition to the two aforementioned expulsions, in the 102 games he has played as a professional, the 21-year-old midfielder has 16 yellow cards.
Let’s remember that the midfielder also missed the previous match against Atlético Grau, however, this was due to the fact that he was called up by Juan Reynoso for the Peruvian team for the friendlies against Germany and Morocco on the FIFA date.