Mascherano Diusir Wasit, karena Tendang Petugas Medis

Mascherano Sent Off by Referee for Kicking a Medic

Editor : Heru S Winarno
Translator : Parulian Manalu


Mascherano Diusir Wasit, karena Tendang Petugas Medis
Javier Mascherano berulah di kualifikasi Piala Dunia, dan ulah sebelumnya saat bergabung di Liverpool pada 2008 (Foto2: Mail Online)

JAVIER Mascherano meminta maaf atas ulahnya setelah diusir dari lapangan karena menendang petugas medis saat laga kualifikasi Piala Dunia Argentina versus Ekuador.

Gelandang Barcelona, ��mantan Liverpool dan West Ham, diusir setelah ia mengecam sopir mobil medis pada menit ke-87.

Mascherano, kapten Argentina di laga tersebut, kemudian mengatakan: "Aksi tanpa kekerasan di negara saya, dan ini tindakan yang salah. Reaksi saya tidak dapat dibenarkan.. Saya malu."

´Mobil medis itu berjalan terlalu cepat dan saya bakal terjatuh. Saya memperingatkan dia (sopir) dan dia mengabaikan saya, tapi tindakan saya memang tidak bisa dibenarkan."

"Saya sangat menyesal dan mengaku salah. Saya malu, dan sedih."

Dia juga mengatakan maaf di Twitter, posting: "Saya benar-benar minta maaf atas reaksi saya, tidak dapat dibenarkan. Kerja sama tim lebih penting."

Setelah dia terluka, tandu bermotor muncul untuk memandu Mascherano ke luar lapangan sesuai aturan pertandingan, seperti dilansir Mail Online.

Namun, gelandang tersebut memicu kekacauan ketika dalam tampilan penuh di kamera TV, dia memprotes salah satu petugas medis, yang tampaknya menyemprotkan air ke arahnya.

Tampak gusar, Mascherano berteriak pada petugas medis sebelum menendangnya dari  belakang dengan sepatu kirinya.

Bentrokan dipicu keributan di pinggir lapangan saat kedua tim masuk.

Wasit Enrique Caceres - dari Paraguay - menunjukkan kartu merah Mascherano yang tampak tidak percaya, yang harus diseret dari lapangan oleh rekan setimnya Ezequiel Lavezzi.

Ini bukan pertama kalinya Javier Mascherano diusir keluar lapangan dengan ngamuk dan dan berteriak protes.

Dia diusir karena mendapat dua kartu kuning saat bermain untuk Liverpool di Manchester United pada 2008, terjadi beda pendapat pendapat terhadap putusan wasit Steve Bennett.

Tapi dia berupaya menolak sehingga harus diseret oleh rekan satu timnya ke luar lapangan.

Di lapangan, Argentina bermain imbang 1-1 melawan Ekuador di Quito untuk bertahan di posisi teratas dalam klasemen kualifikasi Piala Dunia.

Sergio Aguero mencetak gol untuk Argentina melalui tendangan penalti di menit keempat, namun Segundo Castillo menyamakan kedudukan di menit 17. Argentina meraih 27 poin dari 14 pertandingan.

Kolombia berada di urutan kedua dalam grup dengan 26 poin dari 13 pertandingan menyusul kemenangan 2-0 melawan Peru pada Selasa. Ekuador berada di urutan ketiga dengan 22 poin setelah 13 pertandingan.

Empat tim teratas dalam klasemen grup secara otomatis ke Piala Dunia tahun depan di Brazil.

JAVIER Mascherano has apologised after being sent off for kicking a medic during Argentina´s World Cup qualifier against Ecuador.

The Barcelona midfielder, formerly of Liverpool and West Ham, was dismissed after he lashed out at the driver of his medical cart in the 87th minute.

Mascherano, his country´s captain for the night, later said: ´One preaches non-violence in our country, and in this I was mistaken. My reaction is not justified. I feel ashamed.

‘The stretcher was going too fast and I was about to fall. I warned him (the driver) and he ignored me, but what I did was not justified.

‘I’m big enough to admit mistakes. I’m embarrassed, and saddened.’

He also said sorry on Twitter, posting: ´I really apologise for the reaction I had, nothing justifies this. Great team work and effort!!´

After he was injured, a motorised cart turned up to take Mascherano off the pitch as the injury rules dictate.

However, the midfielder sparked chaos when in full view of the TV cameras he remonstrated with one of the medics, who appeared to squirt water in his direction.

Clearly furious, Mascherano shouted at the medic before kicking him in the back with his left boot.

The clash triggered angry scenes on the edge of the pitch as both sets of players waded in.

Referee Enrique Caceres - from Paraguay - showed the red card to a disbelieving Mascherano, who had to be dragged from the pitch by team-mate Ezequiel Lavezzi.

It´s not the first time Javier Mascherano has been dragged from the pitch kicking and screaming.

He was sent off for two bookings when playing for Liverpool at Manchester United in 2008, with the second caution coming for dissent towards referee Steve Bennett.

But he was determined not to go quietly and had to be dragged off by his team-mates.

On the pitch, Argentina salvaged a 1-1 draw against Ecuador in Quito to stay top of the South American World Cup qualifying standings.

Sergio Aguero scored for Argentina with a penalty in the fourth minute, but Segundo Castillo headed an equalizer in the 17th. Argentina moved on to to 27 points from 14 matches.

Colombia are second in the group with 26 points from 13 games following a 2-0 victory against Peru on Tuesday. Ecuador are third with 22 points after 13 matches.

The top four teams in the group advance automatically to next year´s World Cup in Brazil.