It was a violent weekend in Argentine basketball. In two events separated by hours, a player violently assaulted a judge and another was chased around the rectangle, but managed to escape.
The first took place on Saturday in Reconquista, during one of the semifinals of the Associative Tournament in that city of Sanstafes, starring the teams from Adelante and Centro Recreativo Calchaquí.
When the second quarter was played, in which the local won 22-21, the player Renzo mustazza an element struck with force against the bench of substitutes and the referee Raúl “Tacuarita” Olivero sanctioned him a technical foul. Moments before, he had kicked the ball against the glass of the covered stadium.
Immediately, the actions stopped and several basketball players went to reproach the judge for that decision. But the worst came later: beside himself, Mustazza ran to Olivero’s place and gave him a strong punch with his left hand, which made him stumble. and fall against a retaining fence, which in turn hurt a bystander called Graciela, mother of local player Juan Daniel Aguirre, who uses a cane.
In addition to the very serious sports sanction that the player will receive, it was learned that the arbitrator made the criminal and civil complaint for what happened.
Martín Benítez, president of the Club Adelante Basketball Subcommittee, described the event as “regrettable” and said they wanted to go to the final “playing, as appropriate.” He took it for granted that the game will not continue and Ahead will be a finalist of the contest. In statements that consign the site ReconquistaHoy.com, Adelante’s DT, Emanuel Vallejos, described Mustasa’s action as “outrageous, pitiful and sad”.
The other violent situation occurred just a day later in Saavedra, during the meeting between Platense and Gimnasia de Chivilcoy for the Provincial Tournament.
The game, valid for the fourth date of the second phase of the South Zone of the Provincial Basketball Tournament, came with hot weather. Squid was winning 53-46, with just 32 seconds played in the fourth quarter.
Then, José Luis Pappalardi, Lobo player, tried to physically attack judge Andrés Álvarez for having excluded him from the game for two unsportsmanlike fouls. The visiting basketball player first questioned the referee’s decision and threatened to leave the court. However, he returned twice.
But it was the third that triggered the scandal. Because the pivot ran it all over the field. Álvarez, very quick on his reflexes, sped off towards the locker room and even jumped a perimeter sign before entering the safe zone. As was logical, the match was suspended.
Pappalardi, a member of a family historically linked to the sport of orange ball, will receive a strong sanction from the Disciplinary Court of the Basketball Federation of the Province of Buenos Aires.
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Violent basketball: a referee received a punch from a player and another was run all over the court