CONAR has published the referee assignments for the seventh round of the Torneo Clausura, and Augusto Menéndez will take charge of Sport Boys vs. Sporting Cristal on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in the Miguel Grau stadium in Callao.
The appointment puts Menéndez back in the middle of a Liga1 fixture that carries immediate attention because it arrives with a fixed time, a fixed venue and a full officiating team already in place. Stephen Atoche and Sergio Arana will work alongside him, while Robin Segura has been assigned to the VAR for the match.
That return matters because Menéndez is coming back after serving a sanction some rounds earlier, a detail that sits behind the assignment without changing it. CONAR did not publish the reason for the sanction in this notice, but it did move ahead with his appointment for one of the week’s most visible fixtures.
The same schedule also placed Sebastián Lozano on Alianza Lima vs. Deportivo Garcilaso, with César García on the VAR, and Jordy Espinoza on UTC vs. Universitario, with David Huamán on the VAR. Those appointments show that the referee panel for the round was set in full, but the focus in Callao stays on Menéndez and whether his return to officiating holds up under a match that will be watched closely from the first whistle.
What comes next is simple: Sport Boys and Sporting Cristal meet on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. in Callao, and Menéndez will be the one responsible for keeping that game inside the line.
