Pablo González Fuertes He was the referee who threatened Real Madrid On April 25 in the press room of the stadium of The Cartuja in Sevillaone day before the title of the Copa del Rey in front of the Barcelona. Among his constant attacks on the white team, the promise that he would make “history” with his companions of the arbitration collective.
Maybe it came a little above, but the truth is that this Monday the Official State Gazette publishes the creation of the union Spanish Association of Soccer Referees (AESAF). A group led by the Asturian and composed collegiate, among others, by five slavethat is, five braids of the Negreira era and with the shadow behind the scandal of the payments by Barcelona to the then vice president of the referees.
Carlos del Cerro Grandeto which the CTA retired in 2023 next to Antonio Matthew Lahoz And now referee of OURGonzález Fuertes himself, Alejandro Hernández Hernández, César Soto Grade, Guillermo Cuadra Fernández, José María Sánchez Martínez, Jesús Gil Manzano and Juan Martínez Munuera They are part of this union as promoters.
González Fuertes will be the leader of this operation in defense of the Spanish referees, who have reaped a season of authentic bad performances on the grass and also in the VAR, breaking the record in First Division of reviews in video arbitration.
Real Madrid, very critical of the lousy arbitration in the League
The White Club, a flag bearer in denouncing the arbitration injustices that occur in its matches, was threatened by the Asturian to the doors of the Grand Final of the Cup and its discontent was so great that it did not even appear at the protocol events to the meeting (open training, press wheels, dinner between teams (Real Madrid and Barça) and the Royal Spanish Football Federation).
According to the BOEthe deposit of the constitution of the association was admitted after verifying that it meets the requirements provided in the Organic Law 11/1985, of August 2, on Freedom of Association and Royal Decree 416/2015of May 29, on the deposit of statutes of trade union and business organizations. It also indicates that defects were observed in the documentation initially submitted, which were corrected on June 2.
From referee to union leader
González Fuertes, appointed as VAR referee for the Cup final, is now one of the promoters of the AESAF. The Asturian announced that they would take “measures” after denouncing the harassment to which the Spanish members were being subjected. «You do not have any doubt that we are going to have to start taking much more serious measures than are being taken. We will not continue to allow what is happening happens, ”he threatened.
«In a few dates you will have news about what will come. But the Spanish arbitration template and the CTA is going to make history, because we will not continue to hold what we are enduring, ”he said then. Now, his dream has become a reality and after his retirement from the playing land – he will focus on the VAR activity – he will have to lead his union towards a Spanish football without tensions. An amendment that in any case must start with the good work of the members in the green.
