Revolution of the arbitration structure in Spanish football. A turn that has not been a secret to vocals lacks notoriety this Thursday, when the revolution has been made official. The Real Federación Spanish football dispenses with the services of Luis Medina Cantalejopresident of Technical Referees Committeeand the full of its Board of Directors.
Also from Clos Gómez as responsible for VAR and Bernardino González Vázquezvice president and main substitute to have replaced Medina at the head of the CTA. This was considered Rafael Louzáncurrent president of the Federation, who had him as a man of his trust. Or that seemed until this Thursday has ceased his position. Bernardino was a first division referee between 2001 and 2010 and also FIFA international from 2005 to 2008.
With his withdrawal he became part of the arbitration management agencies, being appointed by Louzán himself in 2015 as president of the Galician Referee Committee. In 2018 Medina Cantalejo himself appointed him vice president of the CTA, after the departure of Sánchez Arminio. And the end of 2024, with the restructuring plan that was prepared in the arbitration structure during that time, was the main candidate for the promotion to the presidency.
Medina Cantalejo and the end of the Negreira lineage
With this decision, the RFEF puts an end to the entire inheritance of Enriquez Negreira in the CTA. It should be remembered that Medina Cantalejo was one of the protected Victoriano Sánchez Arminiopresident of the CTA in the time of Negreira, to which the Sevillian has always defended by his work at the head of the arbitration. Louzán wants to create a new arbitration structure that will be named on July 2, “a team that will assume the challenge of continuing to advance in a line of professionalism, rigor and closeness with all the levels of football.”
«This decision responds to the will to open a new stage in the arbitration fieldin line with the work developed by the Reform Group of the Arbitration System, in which representatives of the arbitration collective, professional clubs and the Federation itself participate. A space for dialogue and proposals that has allowed to lay the foundations for a more modern model, efficient and adapted to the current needs of Spanish football, ”says the statement
