The new technical committee of referees, chaired by Francisco Soto Balirac, through the Royal Spanish Football Federationthe first arbitration designations for the first day of League 25/26 have made official this Thursday. Some designations that from this season will be revealed one day before each game. Therefore, we have only been able to meet the members responsible for imparting justice in the Girona-Rayo and in Villarreal-Oviedo This Friday.
New beginnings in the CTA and new measures when acting. From this season, the arbitration designations of each day will be published one day before each game. Therefore, on Thursdays the referees of Friday's matches will be announced. On Fridays the referees of Saturday's matches. On Saturday the referees of Sunday's matches. And on Sundays Monday.
This Thursday, the CTA He has made public the arbitration designations for the first two games of the first day of the League. He Girona-Rayo Vallecano that opens the season in Spanish football in Montilivi will be arbitrated by Javier Alberola Rojas and with Mario Melero In the var. The two assistant referees of this meeting will be Alfredo Rodríguez and Jorge Bueno. The fourth referee will be Sergio Escriche and will be Alejandro Quintero.
On the other hand, the Villarreal-Oviedo will be arbitrated by Alejandro Muñizaccompanied in the VAR by Carlos del Cerro Grande. His attendees in bands will be Diego Sánchez and Fabián Blanco. In the Greed will be the collegiate Miguel Ángel Ortiz and as a room Collegiate Rubén Ruipérez.
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🟨🟥 These are the referees for the games of Friday, August 15 in the First Division.
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A former professional referee of very bad memory for Real Madrid as Fernando Teixeira Vitienes heads a group in which is the former coach of Atlético de Madrid Gregorio Manzano, as well as the current CEO of the CTA, Fran Soto. These three names They have the mission every week to designate the members for each first and second division matchas well as the people who will be in the VAR team in the matches.
