During the match corresponding to the quarter-finals of the Gold Cup of CONCACAF between the UNITED STATES And Canada an event occurred that caught the attention of the Mexican arbitration community. One of hissing who made up the quartet of judges received a bullet in the face which prevented him from continuing his work in the field.

No more than 10 minutes had passed on the pitch when a duel between Kamal Miller and Gianluca Busio involved the Mexican-born whistler. And it is that with the desire to eliminate the danger from the Canadian zone, the defender threw the ball hard out of the field.

When the ball was headed for the stands, the Mexican whistle ran very close to the stage. Therefore, the bullet hit the face of christian espinosa, who dropped his pennant and brought his hands to his face in pain. For this reason, the match had to be suspended for a few minutes.

Due to this strike from Miller, the assistant number 1, Christian Espinoza, could not continue at the start of the match between the United States and Canada. His place was taken by Caleb Wales, who was the number 2 assist in Guatamela 0 – 1 Jamaica. pic.twitter.com/Wcv2ag8qqU

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The doctors had to enter the field of play to treat the discomfort of the judge injured by the ball. The impact caused a nose bleed which forced him to give up the game so that he could receive further treatment from the doctors present at the TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The action must have required the intervention of another representative of the authority of concacaf to be able to complete the refereeing quatrain and give continuity to the match. To do this, the man who originally took over the assistant, i.e. oshan nationtook over the reins of the group and took over before the Mexican judge was removed from his position.

It should be mentioned that Espinosa was not the only referee of Aztec origin present in the refereeing corps. Who was in charge of the proceedings from the center of the pitch was Marco Ortizwhile in the other group, the person in charge of bringing order was Jorge Sánchez.

One of the most recognized names that appeared on the team of whistlers was that of Luis Enrique Santanderwho was in charge of the analysis carried out in the video arbitration booth (VAR) during the dispute between the national teams of the United States and Canada.

The 90 minutes of regulation time on the pitch at TQL Stadium was not enough to define a winner of the last quarter-final of the Gold Cup. At the end of the clock, neither team could break parity despite the fact that they shared the score.

First, with two minutes remaining before the end of regulation time, brandon vazquez was present on the scoreboard with the first score of the match. At this point, the American fans are relishing the passage to the semi-finals of the confederation tournament, but the rivals drastically change their plans moments later.

In a counter attack by members of the Canadian team, the center judge decided to score a maximum penalty for the maple leaf. Thanks to this, from the 11 steps, steven victoria He managed to tie the action and forced overtime.

During the overtime dispute, the Canadians scored again and took the slightest advantage thanks to the feet of jacob shaffelbourg. However, in an offensive display, the United States tied the game again with a score of scott kennedy which forced the collection of penalties.

In this case, the selection of UNITED STATES prevailed and earned their bye to the semi-final against Panama.