“These are things that remain on the pitch… I don’t think it was done with bad intentions,” Romero said at the end of the game on Mexican television. “I don’t ask for anything, just that they (the referees) respect us as we respect them on the pitch because they are the authority.”
Minutes after the game, the Referees Commission of the Mexican Football Federation reported on its social networks that it will open “an investigation process into the events that occurred with referee Fernando Hernández in the América vs. León match.”
I do not ask for anything, simply that they (the referees) respect us as we respect them on the field because they are the authority
#Arbitration | The Referees Commission informs that, after analyzing the facts in which the referee Fernando Hernández was involved during the América vs. León, the matter will be referred to the Disciplinary C. who will resolve in accordance with current regulations.… pic.twitter.com/W9AXZ7XrND
— Mexican Football Federation (@FMF)
April 3, 2023
In 2017, this referee Fernando Hernández had a run-in with Paraguayan soccer player Pablo Aguilar, in a Cup match between Tijuana and América.
On that occasion, Aguilar, then a player for América, ran towards the referee and contacted him with his chest and head; As a consequence, the Paraguayan player received a 10-game suspension.