The Cup final between Athletic and Real Sociedad will go down in history for many reasons. For being celebrated a year later because of COVID, for being the first with the new format and also for being the first time that a woman is present on the refereeing team. The Arbitration Committee chaired by Velasco Carballo has appointed Estrada Fernández as referee for the Basque final, in whose team he has the presence of the Extremaduran assistant Guadalupe Porras. A linesman who is in his second season in the First Division and who has made his debut in Europe this season. A true pioneer.
The Cup final is one of the most important matches in Spain, as is a Clásico, and for these clashes the premise that the designated braid is international is used. This means that Estrada Fernández, with a FIFA cockade since 2013, has had almost no opportunities to whistle a final if we take into account another of the premises, you cannot whistle a club that belongs to the same Autonomous Community. Barcelona, a Catalan team like Estrada, has been present in the last six editions. Estrada could only have been designated in 2013, when Atlético and Real Madrid faced each other. But being his first year as an international, he was only chosen to be the 4th referee for Aragonese Clos Gómez.
Now, the Refereeing Committee grants him the opportunity to be able to whistle a Cup final that has resisted him so much. An award added to the title he received in the summer of 2019, the best Spanish referee in the 2018-19 season.
Catalann has whistled Athletic on 33 times, with a favorable balance for the lions of 20 victories, five draws and eight defeats. He has refereed Real Sociedad in 27 and with a negative balance for the txuri-urdines: 9 victories, four draws and fourteen defeats.
Estrada Fernández, in addition to being assisted by Guadalupe Porras, will also be assisted by Roberto Alonso in the other band. The two arbitrators specialized in this task will be in the VAR after their retirement: Iglesias Villanueva as main and González González as AVAR. The fourth official will be Munuera Montero.