Figueroa Vázquez, for a Cup without VAR

Jorge Figueroa Vazquez, First Division referee, will be in charge of delivering justice in next Wednesday’s match at the Gran Canaria Stadium that faces the Pulido San Mateo Bakery and Real Sociedad (9 pm on the Peninsula). His performance will be examined with a magnifying glass after some of the last referee performances in the matches of the txuri urdin squad, that of Melero López against Valencia and that of Mateu Lahoz against Espanyol and because he will not have the assistance of video refereeing. There is no VAR in Cup matches until the round of 16.

The baggage of the Real with Figueroa Vazquez it is two wins, one draw and one loss. This season, he whistled the game in Getafe (1-1), in which he did not understand a knockdown of Arambarri a Aritz Elustondo before the goal of Sandro. Last season he whistled in the defeat against Valencia (0-1) and the victories in Eibar (0-1) and against Ossuna (0-1).

Real fans await with relish the identity of the referee that the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) designates for Saturday’s duel against Real Madrid in Anoeta.