An assistant referee keeled over and fainted within the first half of Peru’s Copa América Group A match in opposition to Canada, being performed in sizzling and humid situations at Youngsters’s Mercy Park in Kansas Metropolis on Tuesday.
Humberto Panjoj collapsed throughout stoppage time within the first half, with Canada goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau attracting the eye of medical workers.
The Guatemalan official was handled on the sidelines and briefly received again on his toes earlier than being taken off on a stretcher.
In keeping with AccuWeather, the temperature in Kansas Metropolis is predicted to achieve a excessive of 93 levels Fahrenheit on Tuesday, with a humidity of 53%.
Canada went onto win the sport 1-0 with a second-half objective from Jonathan David after Peru had been decreased to 10 males following a crimson card for Miguel Araujo.