Iglesias Villanueva will not continue in the VAR after the Mestalla controversy

Both Iglesias Villanueva, who is designated for the league match between Real Betis and Getafe on Wednesday, as well as five more VAR referees will leave their post, RFEF sources reported to EFE.

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The Royal Spanish Football Federation has agreed with the Technical Committee of referees to do without Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva after what happened in Mestalla, when from the VAR, only Vincius Junior’s blow to Hugo Duro was shown to the referee and not the previous grab of the Brazilian’s neckin an action that adds to a long list of complaints from clubs.

Both Iglesias Villanueva, who is designated for the league match between Real Betis and Getafe on Wednesday, as well as five more VAR referees they will leave their post, as reported to EFE by RFEF sources.

Real Madrid criticized in a statement the action of the expulsion of Vincius in Valencia and urged the RFEF to take action. “We do not perceive the management that was carried out by the referees and the VAR as something isolated, but as something that has been repeated in many of our parties. The victim who suffers it can never be held responsible for the crime.

The reaction of the Federation has been immediate and according to federative sources to EFEthe arbitration direction of the referee De Burgos Bengoechea was unbeatable, the way he handled racist insults to Vincius, and was misled into expulsion because a part of a video was hidden from him.

In this way, the RFEF has reacted immediately with its decisions for the VAR, in which they will not be able to continue after completing the maximum two years that can be in the position José Luis González González and Xavier Estrada Fernández.