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The Panamanian Defense of Xelajú MC, Harold Cummings, denounced that he received insults from the referee Orlando Alvarado, after the meeting against communications.
The defense of Xelajú MC, Harold Cummings denounced insults towards the referee Orlando Alvarado, after the game against communications. (Free Press Photo: Douglas Suruy Franco).
The national champion Xelajú Mc added his fourth defeat in the Clausura 2025 tournament, After letting go of the advantage it had against Communications and ended up going to Quetzaltenango with a 2-1 against.
This defeat now positions the superchivos in the seventh position with 12 points. Now they will have time to rethink, since they will not have activity this weekend and They will return until Wednesday, March 5 to face Deportivo Achupa At the beginning of the second round.
The game against The creams ended with a brawl on the pitchsince the Quetzaltec players had a strong discussion with the central referee Orlando Alvarado, who ended up expelling Harold Cummings, Jorge Aparicio, Luis Cardona, José Calderón and the coach Amarini Villatoro.
After the incident, it was The Panamanian Cummings who relieved his regret against referee Alvarado, whom he accused of having insulted him.
“There were situations that whistled to one side and for the other. I never speak badly about arbitration, I say they are human and can be wrong, but what I want to make clear is that the respect of a referee is won inside the court and not offending and insulting the players, ”said Cummings.
Cummings made it clear that on the sports theme, communications won them well and that as current champions they are stopping doing many things and that in that sense they have to improve. Asked those who handle the issue of referees, in this case to the Mexican José Luis Camargo, calling attention to the whistles, since the arbitration theme has affected many teams.
“We have no excuse for what we have been doing in the tournament, the rival won well and we have to raise, but this marks an antecedent. It is the same in each party; Not only to us, the other rivals has also suffered a consequence due to the factor of the referees. You have to draw attention to the people in charge of them to be professionals, ”he said.
The Panamanian defense stressed that This is the second time that Orlando Alvarado addresses his person with insults And he reserved to confess what this time told him, for fear that they will take reprisals against the Altense team.