According to reports, Sergio Aguero, a former striker for Manchester City, is being investigated in Argentina for allegedly inciting violence towards a referee during Independiente’s game against Racing Club last month, over a penalty call.
On April 16, at the derby, Racing was given a contentious first-half penalty kick that left Aguero, who began his career with Independiente, upset.
Reacting to the call on Twitch, Aguero is believed to have said: “How can he, the referee, what the f**k is his name… Yael Falcon Perez.
“Listen to me, Yael Falcon, that name is a disaster. You can say [the penalty], ‘it starts outside and ends up inside’.
“But he goes on to say ‘Where the first contact is made is where the foul is called’. The truth is that he’s ready to kick the s**t out of this fathead.”
According to AS, the 34-year-old is now being investigated by the Agency for the Prevention of Violence in Sport in connection with his alleged remarks.
“Comments made by the former soccer player, internationally recognised as a supporter of Independiente, Sergio Leonel Aguero, have come out in the media, in relation to the work carried out by the referee Yael Falcon Perez in the match in question, in which there was a disputed play that led to a penalty in favour of the visiting club,” said the agency head Eduardo Aparicio.
“It is necessary to mention that his comments towards the referring authority – aggressive and demeaning – clearly contravene the current regulations on sports safety, and could be interpreted as instigating violence.
“[There have been] threats received by referee Yael Falcon Perez and his family, [and] flares launched at his mother’s home.”
Aguero has stirred up controversy before with his remarks on Twitch.
The former Barcelona striker, who retired from playing in 2021 due to a cardiac problem, was called a “son of a b****” by an Argentine journalist after addressing the dollarization of his country’s economy online.
