The ANFP Disciplinary Tribunal's First Chamber punished the Colo Colo striker for his statements against referee Nicolás Gamboa following the loss to Huachipato.
Javier Correa received a four-match suspension to be served in the Liga de Primera, since Colo Colo was eliminated from the Copa de la Liga. The sanction is based on article 68 letter a of the ANFP Code of Procedures and Penalties for offenses against a refereeing authority.
The ruling passed by four votes to two. Exequiel Segall, president of the tribunal, stated that Correa offended the referee and that the statement was issued after a period of reflection. Correa publicly apologized, which served as a mitigating factor.
Nicolás Monckeberg, director of Blanco y Negro, criticized the decision. “What happened to Javier Correa is not an exemplary punishment, it is a selective punishment”, he said on his X account. Segall explained that previous cases involving Marcelo Díaz and Daniel Garnero were not reported, so the tribunal did not act.
