Overview
- Referee Diego Haro halted the game at Estadio Las Américas with Ayacucho leading 1-0 due to incidents in the stands.
- Ayacucho FC says the visitors refused to return after a pause, asserting the match should have resumed.
- Comerciantes Unidos' official statement says the referee definitively ended the contest and never ordered a restart, citing the referee and delegate reports.
- The club adds that anti-doping procedures were carried out and the VAR equipment was removed, making any continuation noncompliant with regulations.
- Comerciantes Unidos also reports a lack of police protection and an absent stadium security officer, which it argues undermined safety for the visiting team.