Spanish soccer is present process an overhaul by way of officiating, and that can proceed after the September worldwide break. A few of the most controversial choices shall be analysed in public by the Referees Committee (CTA) going ahead.
In the summertime, following widespread discontent with the CTA, and vociferous lobbying from Actual Madrid, the Royal Spanish Soccer Federation (RFEF) determined to . Of their place arrived Francisco Soto as President, a relative unknown within the larger echelons of Spanish soccer.
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Refereeing choices to be defined
As reported by , the CTA intends to publicly analyse controversial choices after every weekend of fixtures. Their info is {that a} number of calls, six to 9 is talked about, shall be chosen each weekend for public evaluation by the refereeing physique. The selections is not going to come solely from La Liga, but in addition from Segunda and Liga F.
It isn’t but clear who shall be deciding on the selections to be analysed, however they won’t come from the present group of referees concerned. The brand new measure is about to return in after the September worldwide break, which is to say from Matchday 4 onwards.
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Current modifications to refereeing
That is the newest adjustment from the CTA beneath their new management. Not too long ago it was introduced that referees would solely be referred to by their first identify and first surname, as gamers are, relatively than by all three names which might be conventional in Spanish (first identify, father’s surname, mom’s surname).
The choice was taken to humanise the referees – the measure to confer with officers was taken initially within the late Nineteen Sixties, after a namesake of former dictator Normal Franco acquired heavy criticism. The RFEF are additionally solely asserting the designations for every sport solely a day upfront, to guard officers from strain within the media, a that would seem two days earlier than video games.