The Disciplinary Commission sanctioned Teófilo Gutiérrez with two days for what he considered a provocation to the fans, by pointing to the emblem of the Deportivo Cali shirt in the Superliga final against Deportes Tolima. He also received a fine of 2 million pesos.
Many, starting with the president of the purslane club and the player himself, considered the punishment that deprives the player of being in the classic against America this weekend unfair.
Even the sports minister, Guillermo Herrera, was consulted on the subject and thus responded: “One must respect the regulations but… my opinion is personal: just as the Disciplinary Commission failed so quickly in the face of an expression like this, we are still waiting for a response what happened to Llaneros in the B League final, that they tell us how that process is going and that we deal with more important soccer issues such as the renunciation of sports competition that we gave in that B League final”.
The sanction has generated a lot of controversy, as usually happens when Teófilo is involved, and even the specialized arbitration account @VarCentral opined: “Yes, the sanction against Teófilo Gutiérrez seems excessive to me. Point to the shield? I think we are looking for tiny things, making something small big. In short, the Commission and its ‘investigations’, commented
Yes, the sanction against Teófilo Gutiérrez seems excessive to me. Point to the shield? I think we are looking for tiny things, making something small big. In short, the Commission and its ‘investigations’. pic.twitter.com/ReCfia8uDG
– ElVarCentral (Andrés) (@ElVarCentral) March 3, 2022
For César Polanía, sports editor of the newspaper El País de Cali, the application of justice, in this case, could not be equitable: “If Teo was sanctioned for 2 dates and they nailed him 2 million for ‘showing’ some stars, How are they going to punish Torres, who turned on a fan, and Ibargüen, who incited the fans with his celebration? @AsoDeporCali loses without Teo and loses the classic as a show.”
