"I would have liked to be where the experience might have been required"

May 14, 2015. Eighth-finals of the Libertadores Cup of America. Boca Juniors vs. River Plate in La Bombonera. Leonardo Ponzio, Ramiro Funes Mori and Lionel Vangioni were the most affected in a "xeneize" club attack on the field of millionaire players (0-0).

After seventy minutes of playing in the field, the Bolivian commissioner in charge of the meeting, Roger Bello (center on the main picture), became famous. His image looks back and calls by mobile phone in the middle of the field, the doubts he raised in his brief words to the press and the Conmebol's final decision to give River the triumph by the secretariat (1-0 had won in the first leg) positioned as one of the most recognized delegates in South America.

"All that happened with this finale is very serious, friend ," lamented Bello at the beginning of the Bolivian dialogue with CDF Noticias. Like everyone else, the representative of the Conmebol had just learned that the Copa Libertadores final between River and Boca would not be contested in Argentina on December 8 and 9 on a date to be confirmed.

Bello is an authorized word. talk about security and acts of violence in an Argentine clbadic. "It seems to me that at Conmebol, they made all the corresponding evaluations to make this important decision to take the final of Argentina, they had every intention of playing in the country of the teams, but as it was the case in this section of 2015, we find that there is no security condition to match these characteristics, " says.

In this pepper spray duel at La Bombonera, Bello was one of the targets. In fact, although he is in eight finals (five Libertadores and three South Americans), his public recognition came before the 2015 Copa America. "My case was different because the match had already begun. determined to give victory to River ", states

and regrets not being appointed for this meeting so attractive to the planet. "I did not have the chance to attend this final, but I was a spectator who was waiting to be played I would have liked to be in a moment where experience could be required " he says.

Finally, Bello, who plans to become president of Blooming Santa Cruz de la Sierra, remembers the match between Chile and Colombia at the Copa America Centenario 2016. This duel of the semifinals had 40 minutes of it. was deputy delegate.

"Of course, I remember this game was very important to us in terms of safety, and he had to take precautions before informing the players not to cause them nervousness or irritation. impatience, movements and electric shocks The good thing is that at the end of the day we could take it out ", comes back to life.