Club Puebla Femenil asked Liga MX to investigate a complaint made by the captain of the football team, María José López, after an referee asked players “to show the top of our undergarment still without wearing lycra under the shorts , which was disrespectful to us.”
Through his Twitter account, María José López called the event “uncomfortable” and asked The Liga MX Femenil to inquire about performing the fourth referee who participated in the match that played Club Puebla against Cruz Azul, last Sunday, October 27.
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“We were disrespected with our privacy knowing that the fourth arbitrator was a man, so we asked to evaluate this event to prevent this from happening again,” he said.
After the complaint was made public, Club Puebla issued a statement in which it expressed its rejection of “any action that is contrary to Fair Play’s philosophy”.
“We asked the MX Women’s League to open an investigation related to the events that arose prior to our game of the 17th match against Cruz Azul, of which our captain mentioned,” she said.
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— Club Puebla Femenil ? (@ClubPueblaFem) October 28, 2019
For its part, the Liga MX Femenil reported that the institution’s Disciplinary Commission opened an investigation procedure for the reported facts.
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“The Commission will analyse and determine what is right,” he said.
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