The Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) issued a statement claiming to have information that the Arequipa club would prevent access to the Liga 1 Max cameras for broadcasting the match agreed for February 26, which is why he decided to postpone the match.
The problems never end. It seems that the differences between some clubs in League 1 and the FPF will linger for a while, as this time the national football authority issued a statement on social media saying it remains in place exposed the match between Melgar and Sport Boys scheduled for this Sunday on date 6 of the Peruvian tournament. The reason is that Ricardo Bettocchi, general director of the Arequipa team, had declared in some media the club’s refusal to prevent the entry of Liga 1 Max cameras to broadcast the game, according to the sports federation.
firm decision
For this reason, in the statement, the FPF mentions that “according to the regulations in force, the FPF has taken the decision to postpone this game to date 6 because it does not have the necessary guarantees”.
Likewise, it indicates that this decision was made to avoid any problem or inconvenience with the staff supported by the FPF for the broadcast of League 1 and the public visiting the UNSA Stadium.
On the other hand, FCB Melgar She has not yet decided this situation, which not only harms her economically (box office), but also in terms of sport. Meanwhile, the FPF claimed that they will announce the new date of this postponed game between the Rojinegros and the Rosés in the coming days.
The FPF states that it was aware that Melgar wanted to prevent the television signal responsible for broadcasting the game from reaching the cameras: Photo: Diffusion
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A similar scenario emerged in the early morning hours of last Thursday. It happens that the match between Binacional vs. Sporting Cristal was also suspended, because the “powerful of the South” warned against also blocking the recording of the television signal cameras for the respective transmission of the game.
Finally, Agustín Lozano, representative of the Peruvian Football Federation, spoke about what happened to me binational and called on the sports club “and the rest of League 1 clubs to fully comply with the regulations”.
“Otherwise, we will act by applying the sanctions deemed appropriate,” he concluded.