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The president of the Guatemala Football Federation admitted that arbitration in the country goes through problems and that it is about to “take action on the matter.”
Gerardo Paiz, president of Fedefut. (Photo Douglas Suruy).
The president of the National Football Federation of Guatemala (FEDEFUT), the engineer Gerardo Paiz, spoke this March 6 in the presentation of Karla Maya as coach of the women’s team On the arbitration theme that has been very criticized Lately in the National League of Guatemala.
In the 2025 Clausura Tournament, many have been the players and technicians who They have expressed their discontent With how some decisions have been made in the parties, to the point of saying that it is in an arbitration crisis.
In the press conference of Maya’s presentation, the president of the FEDEFUT was addressed on the arbitration issue and released some conclusions.
“Arbitration is having many problemsI’m about to take action on the matter. This tournament is short, because you are playing Wednesday and Saturday (weekends), The referees have manifested that they are tired“He explained.
“Just as players get tired, The referees are getting tired. This is causing the mistakes they are making. We are already taking letters in the matter, but this tournament that is so loaded is affected to all of us, “he continued.
“We have to see the restructuring of how they are preparing at the physical level, you have to restructure everything, we have finished cleaning arbitration because there was corruption, but it is no longer that, they are errors,” he said.
“The VAR is pending that the Firm National League have the deadline in June, with that in training,” he said about the actions they are taking to reverse the situation.
“Although we change José Luis Camargo the referees will continue to err in certain circumstances, but it must be said that others have handled them quite well. Not everything is bad, but we must continue correcting, we have to do that,” he said.