Accused by a player of insulting him and disrespecting him, the Peruvian will lead the Albiceleste this Thursday against the Green. He is just 29 years old and it will be his first match of this type.
Kevin Ortega, a young 29-year-old Peruvian referee, will be this Thursday in the duel between the Argentina Selection and Bolivia in the Monumental, by the South American Qualifiers. To this match, the first of such stature for him, He arrives involved in a great controversy from the football of his country.
The thing is Diego Penny, goalkeeper at the San Martín de Porres University, accused him of disrespecting him in the duel last Friday for the second date of the Inca championship. On the close of 1-1 against Sporting Cristal, he expelled him and the footballer did not shut up on social networks.
The images showed Ortega winking at him after showing him the red card., which the player defined as “provocative“and a”despot“. “The whole game insulted me. He can do anything and we can do nothing“, he told GolPerú.
Who is Kevin Ortega, the controversial and provocative referee of Argentina vs. Bolivia for the Qualifiers
The latter, in turn, defended himself. “I was wrong, but what Penny said I deny. He told me a thief and that I will not allow. With those qualifiers you are tarnishing my honor as a person“, clarified the young referee, considered among the best in Peru.
Although Argentina-Bolivia will be his first test in a qualifying match for the World Cup, Ortega has filming in Libertadores, Sudamericana and other continental tournaments, in addition to the last Olympic Games in Tokyo, in which he refereed the semifinal between Japan and Spain .
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