The Honduran referee Saíd Martínez was the lead player in the match between Alajuelense and Atlanta United for the sixteenth round of the Concacaf champions that played in the Alejandro Morera Soto stadium.
The piece that marked the controversy took place at minute 48 prior to Ezequiel Barco who reached the area, gave it to the left sector with George Bello and this decided to send a center.
However, the ball hit defender José Salvatierra and Saíd Martínez Noting that the ball had hit the hand of the handy defender, he ordered the maximum penalty that young Argentinian Ezequiel Barco exchanged for a goal, closing off the goalkeeper’s right side.
The claims did not wait for the decision he made Martínez, the footballers of the Alajuelense They went to a Honduran judge when they realized that the ball had clearly hit him in the face.
Prior to this action, at minute 41, a violent offense by the goalkeeper Brad Guzan about him Cuban Marcel Hernández caused his eviction, but before showing him the red card, Martínez had initially taken the yellow card but let the seconds pass as the Ticos claimed, eventually the catracho decided to replace the yellow with red and throw the veteran Guzan
Ultimately, this move set the course for the game as the US team eventually won the game and will now wait for the return game next Tuesday at 4:00 PM.