Murcian referee Sánchez Martínez will referee the Copa del Rey final

Jose Maria Sanchez Martinez will be in charge of refereeing the final of the Copa del Rey between Real Madrid and the health this Saturday at the Cartuja stadium in Seville. The Murcian referee was the great favorite to whistle the game on Saturday since the season he is carrying out as one of the main referees of LaLiga he is liking it a lot Technical Committee of Referees.

In this way, Sánchez Martínez will referee his first Copa del Rey final as a reward for his refereeing so far: “Thanks to his career and the season, the entire technical committee has unanimously decided that you are going to be the referee in charge of the final of the Copa del Rey. You’ve earned it”, he told Luis Medina Cantalejo (president of the Technical Committee of Referees of the RFEF) to Sánchez Martínez by video call.

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And we live the moment of his designation with him!!

This was communicated to him by Medina Cantalejo, president of the @CTARFEFin an emotional video call.

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Sánchez Martínez has directed two matches of the Champions League and five of the Europa League this season, establishing himself as one of the members of the select group of referees UEFA ELITE. The Murcian referee also refereed the first clásico of the season at the Santiago Bernabeuwhich ended in victory for the Real Madrid for 3-1.

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He has also refereed the white team this season in the league game in san mameswhich ended 2-0 in favor of Real Madrid, and in the match at the Bernabéu against Celta (2-1). Against the Galician team, it was also the only match that the Murcian referee has refereed healthmatch that ended with a zero draw.

In it WAS will be James James Latrea specific VAR referee in the First Division who this season has made a total of 60 parties.