Referees suspended for Monterrey v América first leg clash | OneFootball

The first leg of the quarterfinals between Monterrey and América ended with a victory for the team from Monterrey by 2-0 in a match that had a lot of refereeing controversy.

Just when the 15th minute of the first half was underway, Jesús Corona made a slide tackle that hit Álvaro Fidalgo's thigh with his studs, and the central referee initially decided to only call a foul; after a few minutes, it seems someone advised him to issue a card, and he decided to only show a yellow without being called by the VAR.

But that wasn't the only one, at the 38th minute there was a very strong slide tackle by Ricardo Chávez on Brian Rodríguez, and in that action, again only a yellow card was issued with a VAR that was once again just for show.

The refereeing commission decided to sanction the referees.

The disciplinary commission decided to sanction Rafael López (Central Referee) and Adonaí Escobedo (VAR Referee) for the remainder of the playoffs, so we will not see them in any other match of this final phase.

The commission admitted that they made serious mistakes, both the central referee for misjudging the plays and the VAR for not calling the central referee to review them more thoroughly and make a decision accordingly.

Unfortunately, the damage is already done, Monterrey should have been left with 10 players from the 15th minute and could have even been down to 9 before halftime, and now they will travel to Mexico City with a two-goal advantage.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.