Controversial Peruvian referee Kevin Ortega had a heated match on Monday night.
During halftime of the US-Uruguay match, FOX’s Alexi Lalas threw himself completely at Ortega and called his performance “absolutely disgraceful”.
“Let’s use his full name, it’s Kevin Paulo Ortega Pimentel, you know when your parents get it. It’s crazy that they use your full name because this guy has absolutely no idea about this game and what he’s doing,” Lalas said.
On Monday night, the US-Uruguay match was decided by a controversial goal in a Uruguay goal.
After the match, you can see American Christian Pulisic approach the referee, with Ortega awkwardly rejecting the gesture.
UPDATE: New camera angle shows Pulisic berating the referee. before going over to shake their hand.
Supporting Reddit on the topic, Fox Soccer edited this video to show Pulisic signaling the referees to go outside and celebrate with the Uruguayan team but the start of the match was cut because they were clearly celebrating out of anger, taking those impressions and building the story