Overview
- Cienciano beat Comerciantes Unidos 1-0 in Cusco on a last-minute goal, after a disputed amount of added time led to a heated exchange between coaches Horacio Melgarejo and Claudio Biaggio.
- Comerciantes Unidos said in a formal note that Melgarejo showed repeated disrespect after the match and that Cienciano staff threatened, mocked, and insulted their personnel and players.
- Cienciano answered with a statement that condemned alleged attempts of aggression by the Cutervo delegation, denied any provocation, and said no member of its coaching staff took part in the parking-area incident.
- Biaggio later said he did not like someone shouting the goal celebration in his face but declined to name who did it.
- No league sanctions or inquiries were reported, and Cienciano departed soon after for a Copa Sudamericana away match in Venezuela, which limited immediate follow-up from the club.