Liga MX: Why was Henry Martín not awarded a penalty in the first leg final between Cruz Azul and Club América?

Mexico City.- The Referees Commission revealed on the afternoon of this Friday, May 24, the video about the alleged foul that Henry Martín received from Rodolfo Rotondi in the first leg Final, Cruz Azul vs América, held at the stadium of the Sports City.

‘La Bomba’ needed medical assistance after being injured after contact. During that period, the VAR people analyzed the play while maintaining communication with the referee, Fernández Hernández.

At Club América they waited for him to go check the monitor for a possible penalty, which he did not do because it was an accidental action, a normal soccer contact.

After there were some doubts about whether Cruz Azul received referee help last night, the Referees Commission clarified why there was no penalty on Henry Martín in the first leg of the Clausura 2024 of the Liga MX.

At 58′ minutes of the game there is an attack by Club América, a striker sends a cross into the Cruz Azul penalty area, two players are going to compete to win possession of that ball, at the time of jumping both players carry their hands in a brand reference position occurring in the upper body, a normal soccer contact which cannot be considered an infraction.

Let us remember that, according to the rules of the game, an infraction is marked for holding or pushing, if these generate an impact on the striker that hinders his movements, a situation that does not occur in this case. At the same time that the action described above occurs, when running for that ball, the Cruz Azul player partially grazes the foot of the América player with his foot, this contact being accidental that does not prevent the América player from making the jump to head. and therefore from a technical point of view there are not enough elements to mark any violation.

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