The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and the Technical Referee Committee (STA) have decided to dismiss referee Nacho Iglesias Villanueva, who served in the VAR in the scandalous match between Valencia and Real Madrid (1-0). informs marca
It was Iglesias Villanueva, who pointed out to De Burgos Bengoechea that Real Madrid striker Vinicius Junior had hit Valencia defender Hugo Duro in the second minute. As a result, the Brazilian football player was expelled from the game. At the same time, Iglesias Villanueva did not show the entire episode to the 1st referee and cut the part where Duro first caught his opponent by the neck from behind. As a result, the Valencia player escaped any penalty.
RFEF and STA could not find objective reasons as to why the episode sequence was broken and decided to dismiss Iglesias Villanueva immediately. In addition, 5 Spanish referees in the VAR system were dismissed as part of the restructuring and updating of the video referees.
At the same time, Bengoechea’s actions were considered infallible, given the video materials he received to watch in the episode of the downtime shootout.
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