Christian Cueva was sent off and responded defiantly against the match referee | VIDEO

Christian Cueva went from joy at giving an assist to outrage at being expelled. On top of that, Al Fateh, his team, lost in the final minute against Al-Ittihad FC (2-3) in the match of the knockout stages of the King’s Cup of Champions. There is more, as a detail marked the red that the national player saw.

The ‘Aladino’ club won the game 2-1 until minute 75, when Brazilian Romarinho converted the tie and the context of the clash changed, as they went for more. Thus, Al-Ittihad FC got third in added time, but there were doubts about a possible position ahead, although the repetition (thanks to technology) marked the opposite.

Despite this, the Al Fateh players lost their papers and protested against the judge of the contest. One of those who claimed was the midfielder of the Peruvian team and it had its consequences. It should be noted that the ’10’ had seen a yellow over 56 ‘and in the closing they showed him the second and, therefore, the red.

The images of the official transmission show the referee admonishing the captain of Al Fateh. Then, the authority of the meeting punished Cueva with another card and after that he was expelled. After that decision, the Peruvian approached the judge to reproach him, albeit with defiant gestures.

‘Aladdin’ clapped (a gesture to express irony) behind the referee. The former Alianza Lima went further because he approached and repeated the action in the face of the referee. Then the national player was sent to the locker room. However, another scene showed the 10, at the end of the game, looking again for the judge, but was controlled by his teammates.

Cueva’s assistance

Al Fateh got a corner kick on the 22 ′ of the contest. Cueva reached the pennant and arranged the balloon on the dot. Immediately, the Blanquirroja player raised both arms to warn his teammates, who came to the opposite area to take advantage of the offensive action.

The attacker of the national representative hit the ball with precision to launch it over the second post. The ball traveled over all the players of both teams and reached the position of the Moroccan Batna, who spliced ​​Cueva’s center first to send the round to the second post and make it 2-0.