Recently, the Technical Committee of Referees has announced that Juan Martínez Munuera will be the referee that will arbitrate, next Saturday to the 16.00 hours of the afternoon, the big Classical, between the FC Barcelona and the Real Madrid, in the Camp Nou. José María Sánchez Martínez will be the attendant to assist to the Valencian judge from the room of the VAR.

The election has not been of the like of the culés by several reasons. In the first place, Martínez Munuera, to his 38 years, is not a referee with experience in parties of so much repercussion; in fact, the one of the Saturday, will be his first Classical. Besides, in the past season, was protagonist of several meetings with negative denouement for the club blaugrana and positive for the Real Madrid.

In the past edition of the Glass of Rey, the team barcelonista was deleted by the AthleticClub , in a meeting that, curiously was arbitrated by the Alicante. The big played controversial of that meeting was a clear penalti of Ander Layer on Frenkie of Jong, that was not conceded, in the minute 63, when the party still was empatado to zero.

The Real Madrid, happy with the election of the referee

Also in the course of the previous season, the Real Madrid confronted in front of the Seville (2-1). With tie to zero in the marker, Martínez Munuera, to instances of the VAR, decided to cancel a so much of Luuk of Jong, by previous fault, non-existent, of Gudelj on Militao. The central Brazilian, looking the path of the balloon, bumped against the back of his rival, that did not move .

Already after the confinement, the referee that pitará the Classical favoured to the team merengue in his victory in front of the Getafe (1-0). In the first part, specifically in the minute 35, Daniel Carvajal tripped with Olivera causing what had to be penalti, but was not determined by the judge. Later, in a played with the same protagonists, but with distinct roles, yes conceded the penalti that would give the victory to the Madrid.