Busquets Ferrer changed the color of his card for a week at the request of VAR

The refereeing team consists of Mateo Busquets Ferrera member of the Balearic Committee who presided over the Madrid derby between Atlético and Real Madrid from the Metropolitan pitch this weekend, assisted the Galician’s VAR Javier Iglesias Villanuevachanged the color of his cards from one Sunday to the next. On September 22, at La Cerámica and in the Liga match between Villarreal and FC Barcelona, ​​​​​​he decided to punish a harsh tackle by Sergi Cardona in Lamine Yamalwithout the person in charge of reviewing the play on the monitor notifying him that the action deserves a direct red card and, therefore, the expulsion of the offender. In seven days, both heroes behaved in different ways during the match between Atlético and Real, when an irregular tackle from behind Marcos Llorente in Fran Garcia This means direct dismissal of the red-and-white footballer.

Actually, it is Churches in Villanuevaresponsible for the review of the referee from the VOR room, which varies his way of acting, since on the field Busquets Ferrer has resolved the action by showing a yellow card to the colchonero player.

Four days after Villarreal-Barça, on Thursday, the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) appointed the same referee team for Atlético-Real Madrid. A League day later, seven days apart, he took a different approach to punishing excessively irregular tackles.

For Busquets Ferrer, in his second season in the top category, it was the first Madrid derby of his career, in what was the star match of the 8th matchday of the 2024-25 League, which ended 1-1 on the scoreboard after that. Iglesias Villanueva’s VAR warned Busquets Ferrer that he made a mistake when he was found to be offside in the goal play that Colchonero Ángel Correa disallowed first.