Amid widespread frustration with the usual officiating in La Liga, the Head of the Referees Committee (CTA) Luis Medina Cantalejo might be going through the results. Nearly all of the golf equipment in La Liga have voiced their irritation both formally or informally, past the loud and indignant complaints from Actual Madrid.
Los Blancos have definitely been probably the most vociferous of their complaints, calling the officiating system corrupt, manipulated and filthy, most notably in a letter to the President of Royal Spanish Soccer Federation Rafael Louzan. In that letter, they ask for officers to be sacked and a restructuring of officiating in Spain.
The latter no less than has been promised by Louzan, and it seems it is going to contain the sacking of Medina Cantalejo in the summertime. His exit may even be accompanied by that of Carlos Clos Gomez, the Head of the VAR system in Spain. That’s in keeping with Diario AS, who say that there will likely be a considerable shake-up: one of many objectives is elevated transparency.
By way of who will exchange Medina Cantalejo and Clos Gomez, that matter is considerably opaque. Antonio Mateu Lahoz, lately retired and now a pundit, is talked about, though that concept has been shot down by a number of sources on account of his poor relationship together with his colleagues. Bernardino Gonzalez Vazquez, who’s know to Louzan and a present vice-president, is talked about, as is Bernardino Alonso Fernandez, at present refereeing in Greece. David Fernandez Borbalan, at present overseeing refereeing in Bulgaria, is another choice.
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In the meantime Marca additionally cite Fernandez Borbalan as the first candidate to take over as head of the CTA from Medina Cantalejo. They word that Actual Madrid could be content material to see modifications, however will study each transfer with a microscope, whereas Louzan is ‘obsessed’ with getting the selection proper, in an try and restore the respectability for the officiating state of affairs.
Actually the officiating is below heavier stress than ever at present. Actual Madrid’s to this point unproven accusations apart, quite a few sides have launched official statements criticising the refereeing. Past the inconsistencies in decision-making, the interpretations of the foundations themselves seem like more and more at odds with what gamers, managers and followers are eager to see.