The end of Spanish Supercup the women’s match between FC Barcelona and Levante will be led by Rivera Olmedo (27 years old, Basque committee) from the field of play and will have the support of Gil Soriano (28 years old, Galician committee) from VAR. If we move away from traditional referee nomenclature where both surnames are used to refer to referees, we see: Olatz and Eugenia. Two professional referees whose faces are smiling from ear to ear when they proudly say that they achieved their dream of “making a living from refereeing” and “left their jobs to focus on their career” as referees. “It was a stress to juggle everything and now we can finally say that our profession is to be referees.” These are some of the phrases that both spoke at the press conference they offered at Ciudad del Fútbol de las Rozas before the final.
Until the aforementioned appearance, at least for the person who wrote these lines, they were just two members of the referee staff of the F League, but after listening to them, noticing their enthusiasm, their personality and their desire to become better every day, one discovers what lies behind the often unfairly judged referee figure. After years of insisting on listening to referees, events like this Friday in Las Rozas have shown that listening to referee group members can only be positive. For the protagonists, because it allows them to express themselves naturally and let themselves be seen for who they really are. “We are not monsters, we are people like everyone else,” he confessed. Olatz. Eugeniafor his part, revealed that “I think it’s important that we talk, that we explain ourselves, although personally it doesn’t seem right to me to do it after the games, because I need 24 time to study coldly and be myself. -critical to my performance.”
For anyone who was unable to watch the two referees talk live with the media, it is highly recommended to catch it as it is 23 minutes of spontaneity, smiles, enthusiasm, vindication, self-demand and above all a clear message to girls : “Be the referee.” Seeing the enthusiasm with which the two talk about their work, about how they learn every day to be better, aroused the admiration of those present and those following them from home. The female arbitration collective, thank you Olatz and Eugeniais since Friday more human and more natural.
Source: La Verdad
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