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Television footage showed referee Fernando
Hernandez kneeing Leon midfielder Lucas Romero as he and his
team mates angrily demanded a VAR review after America scored an
equaliser.
The Referees Commission said the results of the investigation
would be made public when it is concluded.
Despite local media condemning the action, Romero did not call
for Hernandez to be punished and said that it was a
misunderstanding.
"Obviously (referees) are human beings, many times they can make
mistakes and those mistakes end up developing what happened, a
lot of misunderstandings," the Argentine told Mexican
broadcaster TUDN.
"I'm not asking for anything (any form of punishment), he told
me it was unintentional. But just that they also respect us as
we respect them on the pitch because they are the authority."
Former referee Felipe Ramos Rizo said that the action by the
referee was 'unacceptable'.
"The referee kneed the Leon player, this could cost Fernando
Hernandez his career... how do you explain this aggression of
the referee?" he wrote on Twitter.
He added that the president of the refereeing commission and its
director of instruction will have to provide a "good
explanation".
(Reporting by Janina Nuno Rios in Mexico City, editing by Pritha
Sarkar)
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