Overview
- Alianza Lima filed a petition to the FPF Disciplinary Commission to annul Carlos Zambrano’s second yellow card and submitted a separate complaint to CONAR about the referee’s conduct.
- Club legal counsel disclosed that referee Julio Quiroz’s match report categorized Zambrano’s action as unsporting behavior and disapproval rather than aggression.
- Ex-FIFA referee Winston Reátegui argued the official need not have moved to the penalty spot, said Zambrano had established position, and deemed the interpretation of intentional contact incorrect.
- Reátegui also questioned the VAR intervention, saying the invitation to review signaled procedural inconsistency and constituted an error.
- Unless the card is overturned, Zambrano would be suspended for Alianza Lima’s first playoff match against Sporting Cristal.