UEFA The penalty for Spain’s international referees has been lifted after none of the 10 were appointed for the final two days of the European football body’s three club competitions: Champions League, Europa League and Conference League. The absence which, as we already explained in MD, is not due to a sporting or refereeing reason because in fact UEFA considers that the Spanish referees whistle at a good level.
This absence from the third and fourth day of the European competitions was due to the turmoil within UEFA due to a leak regarding the interpretation of Cucurella’s handball in the last European Championship in Spain-Germany. UEFA considered this action, unlike what was reported by the IFAB and what Anthony Taylor considered, to be a handball, something that the European organization’s refereeing team conveyed in the video analyzes of the play that it usually sends out. to international referees.
So two Spanish referees have been appointed again for the two Nations League matches this coming Saturday. It’s about Jesus Gil Manzano and Martínez Munuera. Both will be accompanied by two other international referees. In the case of the Extremaduran, he was appointed for the match between the Netherlands and Hungary in group 3 of League A where he will be joined as the fourth referee by Munuera Montero. This is the second European match this season as he has been out of action for almost two months due to injury.
Martínez Munuera will also whistle this Saturday for the clash between Türkiye and Wales in group 4 of League B, with Muñiz Ruiz as the fourth official. It is more than likely that any of the other six referees could be reassigned to the following Nations League commitments. Starting with two ELITE referees: Sánchez Martínez and Hernández Hernández. The same goes for Cuadra Fernández, Alberola Rojas, De Burgos Bengoechea or Soto Grado. And the same for the European club day of the three competitions (Champions, Europe and Conference) at the end of November.
Yesterday afternoon, 20 Primera referees passed the second mandatory physical test of the season in Ciudad del Fútbol de las Rozas.
Source: La Verdad
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