Tomorrow comes the second big event of the season for the referee from La Mancha. Alberola Rojas, and again with a Madrid derby in between Real Madrid and Atlético. The second of the current campaign after netting in the league clash at the Metropolitan Stadium.
A match where the referee will also debut his international FIFA badge after he debuted his international status on January 1. Tomorrow’s match will be the first to be whistled under this new condition, in addition to the first in 2024. It has not been whistled on the last day of the league match or this past weekend in the cup tie.
There are twelve games he has called so far Alberola Rojas in the current campaign. Eight of them in the League and three in the Copa del Rey. And in all of them he made clear his tendency to let the game play, and not in favor of showing the yellows, especially the red.
Because of all of them, he has shown a total of 44 yellow cards so far. Thirty-seven of them in the league competition (an average of 4.6 per game) and the other 7 in the cup tournament (2.3 per match). This represents an average of four per game. That means it is among the lowest in the League.
In the red section, he fired only once Alberola Rojas to a player this season. It was in his last league match between Rayo Vallecano and Valencia where he was sent off Thierry Correia with a straight red card to avoid a clear scoring chance. And it was in the last minute of the game.
On four occasions he directed the penalty spot in 11 games coached by Alberola. Which means an average of 0.36 per match.
In the fouls section, a total of 220 were reported in their league matches. Which means an average of 27.5 per game. This number is in the average of other referees in the highest category.
Alberola could not have had a more demanding premiere of his condition in the hospitalwhere in a derby where the audios with the VAR referee can also be made public for the first time; Eduardo Prietoin plays where there is a review on the monitor.
Source: La Verdad
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