Mateu Lahoz leaves the Eurocup, according to IUSPORT. He has not passed the cut and we will not see him in games beyond these round of 16. And next to him the Swede Andreas Ekberg, the portuguese Artur Dias, the French Clement turpin, the Israeli Grinfeeld and romanian Kovacs.
Mateu he leaves as the only referee to have led three matches in the group stage of the Eurocup. One in each of the first three days of the competition. He made his debut with Belgium-Russia, followed later by England-Scotland on the second day and Portugal-France on June 23, in which he had a controversial performance.
The departure of the Valencian, who is still considered by UEFA as a top referee, means that what happened in the last continental event of 2016 will no longer be repeated, where Marc Clatemburg doubled by whistling the final of the Champions League and then the final of that edition of the Eurocup.
The next cut, if nothing changes, could be done the day after tomorrow Wednesday. Just two days before the start of the quarterfinals. The intention is that in the end there are only four refereeing teams left for the semi-finals and the Wembley final.
Del Cerro, pending the rooms
Pending the designations of the rooms is the other Spanish referee. It is Carlos del Cerro from Madrid, who has so far led two matches in the tournament. He made his debut with France-Germany and later the Croatia-Czech Republic whistled.
Its designation will depend on what Spain does. Initially the normal thing is that one of the two quarterfinals already defined and that they go in the opposite box to the one of the Spanish Selection. Either Belgium – Italy on Friday or Czech Republic – Denmark on Saturday. If Spain fell to Croatia, then it could also whistle the other two quarters that will be defined between this Monday and Tuesday tomorrow.