Look .. Police arrested Boca Juniors players after fierce battle to oust the referee

Police arrested two players from Argentinian club Boca Juniors after the team were knocked out of the Copa Libertadores football championship after losing to host Atletico Mineiro in Brazil.

Boca Juniors lost to Atletico Mineiro on penalties after both first leg games ended in a goalless draw in the Libertadores Cup round of 16

Former Boca Juniors players protested Uruguayan referee Esteban Ostogic’s decision not to award them two goals during the match after reverting to Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology, at the city’s Mineirao Stadium Brazilian woman from Belo Horizonte.

And a video clip circulated on social networks, of heated altercations in the tunnel of the Argentina team’s players with the police, who used pepper spray to prevent the Boca Juniors players from reaching the dressing rooms of the Argentina team. Atletico Mineiro, where the referee was hiding.

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Brazilian portal “Globo Esporte” reported that eight members of the Argentine delegation were taken to Belo Horizonte police station before being released later.

Source: agencies

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