Referee Fernando Hernandez, according to America, did not do a good job in the match against Atletico San Luis where Uruguayan Rodrigo Aguirre was about to suffer a serious eye injury, which is why they have filed a protest against the work of this aforementioned referee.

According to information released by the sports channel ESPN on restricted television, America's board of directors was very upset because the referee failed to mark a couple of very controversial plays inside the area and did nothing to go to the video review system (VAR) for analysis, feeling their interests were affected.

But the greatest anger of the Aguilas directors against the so-called "Curro" Hernandez is due to the fact that in this game and in previous ones he has not taken care of the physical integrity of his players, with reckless actions against his players, which is why they have filed a formal protest with the Referee Commission and Liga MX against the work of the aforementioned referee.

The first action detailed is what happened against striker Rodrigo Aguirre, who had a strong clash against Atletico San Luis goalkeeper Andres Sanchez, where the Uruguayan striker for the Aguilas received an elbow in the eye that required his transfer to a hospital, but without any card against the goalkeeper.

In this match, Colombian striker Jose “Pantera” Zuniga also received a hard blow, which did not even merit a VAR review, generating much annoyance among the Americanistas, because they considered that another type of marking was required.

The previous plays

But the reason that generated the alleged protest against the work of Fernando Hernandez is the series of antecedents that exist when the aforementioned referee administers justice, as was the case in the duel on October 23, 2024 against Xolos de Tijuana, where the Chilean Victor Davila suffered a fractured fibula and where coach Andre Jardine exploded in a press conference against the referee's performance.

Another match was against Pachuca in the final of the 2023 Apertura tournament, when against Tigres the Chilean midfielder Diego Valdes received a tackle from behind and although he was not the central referee, he was in the VAR and did not request a review of the play.

Finally, in the 2022 Clausura tournament against Pachuca, the Argentine Nicolas Ibanez made a tackle from behind on the Paraguayan Richard Sanchez and where he also did not expel the player from the Gophers.