The referees selected for the World Cup in Qatar, including six Spaniards, have completed the last FIFA seminar before the “most important event of the year” at the facilities of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). It was held over 3 days at the Ciudad del Futbol in Las Rozas, with the presence of all the European referees, assistants and VARs selected for the World Cup.
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According to a statement issued by the Spanish organization, the head of the FIFA Referee Department, Massimo Busacca, thanked the RFEF and its Technical Referees Committee (CTA) for their help in organizing the last course before the World Cup in Qatar. “We must give many thanks to the Spanish Federation and its team that gave us everything we needed to prepare the most important event in the world. We know the center and it is difficult to find something better than what is here”, said Busacca. On the other hand, Busacca referred to the state of the referees. “They are fine, they are hungry, same as for a player this is the most important event for a referee”. In addition, he valued the level of the Spanish referees. “The Spanish championship is very important and needs good referees. If they are there it is because they are very good”. A thank you to which the president of the CTA, Luis Medina Cantalejo, has reciprocated, assuring that it is “an honor” that FIFA looks at the RFEF VOR facilities “to make this course so important that it is the last one before the World Cup. They have received one hundred percent of support from the RFEF and CTA. It is a pride for us that six Spanish referees are going to the World Cup”, concluded the head of Spanish refereeing. The six Spanish officials selected by FIFA are Antonio Mateu Lahoz, Pau Cebrian Devis and Roberto Diaz Perez as trio on the field, and Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez, Juan Martinez Munuera and Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea to act as VARs.
Source: Sports Finding