Duel of aggrieved referees at Mestalla

This Thursday the CTA reported that Javier Iglesias Villanueva will be in charge of the meeting at the Mestalla between Valencia and the Osasuna With the help of Guillermo Cuadra on VAR, it is easy for both of them to think that far from the seemingly comfortable match that the appointment seems to be a nice ‘brown’. Both clubs left burnt of their matches from the last day and any arbitration decision they believe will go against them will increase its impact.

He Valencia back from Camp Nou anger. In the entity they believe that there was a clear Kessie’s punishment about Fran Pérez that might have allowed him to salvage a point from his visit to Barça. A point given its complicated situation, at the end of the season could mean permanence or relegation. His complaints went Alberola Rojas, referee of the match, but above all to Jaime Latre, who was in charge of VAR and did not let the man from La Mancha go to check an action that was somehow questionable.

The public protest it is measured. “I would like to know why the referee didn’t see the play again”, Rubén Baraja measuredly pointed out in the press room. moment Yes, it’s a manifest error for VAR to intervene, because that’s what it has Come on. That’s what VAR is for”, added technical director Miguel Ángel Corona. That was the end of the club’s public complaints, carefully measuring every step of its convincing relationship with the Spanish Federation From the environment of the entity there became There was a lot of criticism because the tone was not raised.

Those complaints increased after removing the Osasuna a statement shortly after the end of their match against Celta on Monday demanding “clarification” from the Technical Committee of Referees for the disallowed goal against abde in their draw against the team from Vigo. “The image offered by VAR in the position of Chimy Avila It does not prove in any way the supposed irregular position of the striker in the action”, argued the rojillo team that announced the claim “through official channels”. The entity still doubted and although it repeated respecting the refereeing group and its favorable position on VAR, it requested “strictness” in the use of these technologies.

controversial precedent

In case the Iglesias-Cuadra duet lacked pressure, the match also had a controversial precedent. Last season, Osasuna won 1-2 at Mestalla and in the end, the captain Jose Luis Gaya He criticized the work of Melero López for not specifying a possible punishment for Bryan Gil. “This is the tonic we have this season. He needs to be warned about a very clear punishment. The referee saw it and didn’t want to whistle”, he said.

The statements, which are not very different from those made after many meetings, cost Gayà a four match ban that Valencia failed to raise even in the Administrative Court of Sport.