Luis Enrique Santander and Adalid Maganda, among the main ones noted for their mistakes in just six days of the MX League
The show at the Guard1anes 2021 is run by the Referees Commission of the Mexican Football Federation. Given the lack of scorers and a good performance of the teams on the court, the whistlers have attracted more attention for their mistakes or controversy, than the rest of those who make up the MX League.
The last to be in the eye of social media and public opinion was Luis Enrique Santander, the central who canceled out a goal to Pumas at the Nemesio Díez Stadium, for an alleged offside, And that in the end this decision brought about the defeat of the university students before the Toluca, by 1-0.
The case of Luis Enrique Santander is just the top of the mountain, because behind this error comes the case of Adalid Maganda, who still resonates in the corridors of the Referees Commission, because the hissing denounces racism as the cause of his dismissal and threatens to prevent Mexico from hosting the 2012 World Cup.
Adalid Maganda himself denounced referee parties, despite the Pandemic, and even assured that there are preferences within the Arbitration Commission, In charge of designating the whistlers every week. “There’s a group, they call them ‘the mamaditos.’
These scandals are also preceded by the departure of Arturo Angeles, in charge of foraying with the VAR in the MX League, and now replaced by Mauricio Morales, as an instructor of referees. Morales is denounced as one of those who organizes the parties among the referees.
The Mexican refereeing also caught the eye, when they allegedly did their physical tests in Ciudad Universitaria, regardless of whether Mexico City was at a red light. Also, a group of whistleblowers, in minor divisions, reported that they had to pay for their own PCR tests, if they wanted to continue their profession.
At Guard1anes 2021, in the absence of a prominent figure or high-level teams, the referees steal the show.