Marco Antonio Ortis Nava, Getty Images February 25 2025, 14:30

The Mexican Arbiter Marco Antonio Ortis Nawu was banned from judging Concacaf matches for six months after he asked for a T -shirt and autograph at Lionel Messi. About it reports ESPN.

We will remind, Concacaf began disciplinary consideration of the case against a 36-year-old Mexican after he approached Messi after the final whistle of the match 1/16 of the Cup of the Cup of Concaccoaf, in which Inter Miami beat the sports Kansas City (1: 0) to ask him T -shirt and autograph for a member of a family with special needs.

Concacaf stated that the judge’s behavior did not comply with the Confederation Code for officials of the match and added that Nava had recognized his mistake and apologized for the incident.

Nava, which judged the match of the Mexican league last Friday between Puebla and Tijuana, will continue to serve matches in the Mexican league until it is disqualified in Concacaf matches.

We will remind, the match of Inter Mayai-sports Kansas City will take place on February 26, at 3:00 in Kiev.