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Barcelona media fume as new AI chief for refereeing physique is introduced

Sports EditorBy Sports EditorJuly 22, 20253 Mins Read
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The brand new President of the Referees Committee (CTA) Fran Soto introduced his new board for the refereeing physique on Monday, and unsurprisingly, it was not with out controversy. One of many key figures on the brand new fee is a self-declared Actual Madrid fan.

Los Blancos are one of many sides which were pushing hardest for reform within the CTA, and after Royal Spanish Soccer Federation President Rafael Louzan determined to take away President Luis Medina Cantalejo, Soto was appointed to the function. The media in Barcelona haven’t reacted effectively to the appointments, which maintain one thing of a Actual Madrid theme of their view.

New fee introduced for CTA

A part of the restructuring of the CTA – which as an idea did have standard assist from the golf equipment – has included the appointment of a brand new fee to determine how referees are designated. That can, as per Marca, embrace three former referees (Gregorio Bernabe Garcia, Jose Luis Lesma Lopez and Daniel Marcos Alvarez), an elected membership which is Sevilla, a Spanish Participant’s Affiliation (AFE) consultant which shall be Alvaro Negredo, and a former coach, but to be chosen by the RFEF.

Picture through RFEF

Negredo, in addition to representing Valencia, Almeria, Sevilla and Cadiz, is a former Actual Madrid participant, whereas as Cadena SER‘s referee correspondent Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez has famous that the one individual to maintain their job on the board of the CTA is Yolanda Parga. She is in command of the Liga F refereeing, however can be married to former referee and present Actual Madrid matchday delegate Megia Davila.

Controversial Chema Alonso appointment

Probably the most controversial appointment has been the addition of Chema Alonso, who’s the brand new Chief of Innovation and Know-how and AI. Alonso, 50, was a hacker in his youthful days, however extra just lately went into cybersecurity to work for media giants Telefonica.

Chema Alonso at the Santiago Bernabeu
Picture through Chema Alonso

A variety of social media posts from Alonso have emerged although, making it clear he’s an avid Actual Madrid fan. Phrases reminiscent of ‘I’m a Madridista, Raulista and Ikerista’, ‘The referee is in blue, and Barcelona are in blue and claret, I’ll go away it at that’, and ‘Greater than a membership… A membership and two referees’ Alonso wrote on social media, alluding to Barcelona’s motto.

Lo feliz que me hizo ver a Raúl levantando esa copa. Después de pasar toda mi infancia con “Y qué, ¿el Actual Madrid otra vez campeón de Europa?” Llegó @RaulGonzalez , la liga de Valdano, la 7ª, la intercontinental, la octava y otra intercontinental más. Revolución complete. }:) https://t.co/PZx3dCmxck

— Chema Alonso (@chemaalonso) December 4, 2020

On high of Alonso’s phrases, pictures have additionally circulated of him in entrance of Actual Madrid’s trophy cupboard. His function within the fee shall be to develop the instruments that AI makes use of to evaluate refereeing performances, after which suggest the perfect refereeing candidate for every recreation. A factors system shall be used to find out which referees shall be promoted and relegated in La Liga and Segunda, which shall be made public.





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