The Murcia-born referee conducts his first Copa del Rey final after two previous Super Cups that Madrid also won.
arrives the 2023 Copa del Rey finalone of the most special matches of the year in which Real Madrid and Osasuna meet in La Cartuja to contest the title and the RFEF has already announced who will be the match official.
Who is Sánchez Martínez, the referee of the Copa del Rey 2023 final: history, statistics and precedents with Real Madrid and Osasuna
The 2023 final will be directed by Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez (Lorca, 1983). This will be the third national final he directs and the first of the Coopa del Rey. In 2017 he directed the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona (2-0) and in 2020 in the same tournament Real Madrid – Atlethical in which the whites took the title on penalties.
Sánchez Martínez comes from the school in Murcia and made his debut in the First Division in 2015 and has been an international FIFA referee since January 2017. two matches in the UEFA Champions League and five in the UEFA Europa League.
This season he coached Real Madrid in three games and all three ended in victory, two in the Santiago Bernabéu against Betis (2-1) and the Clásico of the first round against Barcelona (3-1) and the visit to San Mamés against Athletic (2-0). For his part, he led only one game against Osasuna which ended in 0-0.
In addition, in this edition of the Copa led three parties. L’Alcora – Elche in the first round, Levante – Getafe in the eighth finals and Barcelona – Real Sociedad in the quarter finals.
The president of the technical committee of referees, Luis Medina Cantalejo, informed him of the decision in a video call made public by the RFEF in which the referee showed his emotion for directing his first cup final and the leader expressed confidence and that he was elected “unanimously”.
History, statistics and precedents of Sánchez Martínez as a referee for Real Madrid and Osasuna
Sánchez Martínez is a referee who specializes in refereeing Real Madrid, as this is the team he has led most often in his career. Oddly enough, he has never directed a match between meringues and rojillos.
The Murcian has bGood numbers for the Whites, as they won 19 out of 30 games who sent them on and they only lost 5 and gave them 5 penalties for and only 2 against and showed them three reds.
Worse are the precedents for Osasuna, who won only 3 of the 11 matches that Sánchez Martínez has refereed although he only sent one player off and awarded them two penalties and conceded none.
Source: Goal