The announcement of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) About the composition of the new Arbitration Committee of the Professional Competition (CAPC) He has reopened old wounds. The agency, in charge of appointing the referees for the first and second division parties, will be formed by Fran Soto Balirac, Gregorio Manzano y Fernando Teixeira Vitienes. The latter, designated as a consensus figure between the Liga and the RFEFhe has been the protagonist of some of the most controversial episodes of Spanish arbitration in recent years, with special attention to parties where Barça was blushingly favored:Teixeira He admonished with double yellow and without expulsion to Busquets!
One of the most remembered and controversial cases was the one starring Teixeira Vitienes in a Villarreal – Barcelona of the 2009/10 season, where the referee showed two yellow cards to Sergio Busquets. The first, in a game action, and the second for delaying its substitution. However, against all arbitration logic, Busquets was not expelled and the Barça The game continued with 11 players.
In 2010, Teixeira was in charge of whistling Barça-Villarreal.
That same game showed two yellow cards to Sergio Busquets … but he didn't see the red card.
He was never punished for this unusual fact.pic.twitter.com/tX3Sk1bwRf
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The posterior arbitral act offered a different version of what the television cameras collected. In it, Teixeira He assured that the second yellow was not directed to Busquetsbut for Joseba LlorenteVillarreal striker, to “hold an adversary player who was going to be replaced.” But despite the referee's brief, the television images of Canal+ They showed a very different reality from the one that drew the Teixeirasince it is clearly seen as the card was directed for the Barca midfielder, which was not even near Llorente at the time of the warning.
The decision generated great indignation on and outside the pitch, especially within the Villarrealwho saw how Barça The meeting with numerical advantage ended. That match ended in Barca Victoria, three points that were decisive in the final stretch of that championship. He Barcelona would end up conquering the league title for three points of difference, while the Villarreal He stayed out of European competitions … for two.
More from Teixeira … against Madrid
But it is not the only controversial episode of Teixeira Vitienes Linked to Barça. In the 2011/12 season, he was in charge of directing the classic between Barcelona y Real Madrid In the return of the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey. The match, played at Camp Nou, ended 2-2 and supposed the elimination of the white team. José Mourinhothen White technician, showed his discomfort waiting for the referee in the exit zone of the members, where he recriminated: “What an artist, how you like to fuck professionals.”
During that party, the Real Madrid claimed a penalty for Abidal And a goal canceled to Sergio Ramos for a disappeared missing Dani Alves. In addition, another action further lit the spirits: the goal of Dani Alves He arrived in the 48th minute of the first part, although the referee had only added one minute. Teixeira He wrote in the minutes that the goal was in 44 ', an obvious contradiction with television images. In the second part, however, the referee did not allow a second beyond the added time …
