Alexis Herrera to referee Santos v Atlético-MG quarter-final first leg | OneFootball

Venezuelan FIFA referee Alexis Herrera, 36, will take charge of Santos v Atlético-MG at Vila Belmiro on Wednesday at 19:00, the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana quarter-finals. Fellow Venezuelans Antoni Garcia and Paolo Garcia are assistants, with Ecuador’s Carlos Orbe on VAR.

According to TransferMarkt, Herrera has officiated 294 matches, awarding 91 penalties and showing 1,310 yellow cards and 62 reds, including 35 for a second booking. His appointments include the Venezuelan league, the 2019 and 2021 Copa América, the 2019 U20 World Cup and South American U20, World Cup qualifiers, the Conmebol Pre-Olympic, the Libertadores and the Sudamericana.

This will be the fifth Santos match he has overseen. His first was a 0-0 draw with Real Garcilaso at Vila Belmiro in the 2018 Libertadores group stage.

In 2021 he refereed the 1-0 defeat at Estádio Defensores del Chaco to Libertad in the Sudamericana quarter-final second leg, which confirmed Santos’ elimination.

He later handled the 1-0 loss to Newell’s Old Boys at the Marcelo Bielsa stadium in the 2023 Copa Sudamericana.

This year he took charge of the 2-2 draw with San Lorenzo at Vila Belmiro in the competition’s first phase.

Source: Diario Do Peixe

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