Alejandro Hérnandez Hernández, referee of the Canary Committee, will be in charge of whistling the derby between Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid this Sunday. The referee, according to the numbers, leaves a worse memory for the whites than for the athletic ones. According to the statistics provided by the RFEF itself, he is among the referees least corrected by the VAR so far in the competition. This will be his first derby between Real Madrid and Atlético.
Background against Real Madrid
With Hernández Hernández as judge, Real Madrid have played 25 Primera Division matches in which they have won 14, drawn four and lost seven. In addition, he leaves four expulsions, two of them to Sergio Ramos in two Classics. In addition, in these Real Madrid-Barcelona, the canary has had some controversy as when he did not signal a possible penalty on Raphael Varane in a corner in which he received a strong kick from Lenglet.
The problems with the referee have gone further, since Sergio Ramos came to discuss with him on the field and explain in the microphones that he wanted him to explain if they had “some personal problem”.
Atlético de Madrid background
Atlético de Madrid has been whistled less but its percentage is notably better with just one defeat, six draws and 11 games won out of 18 total with the canary in command of the match. In the Copa del Rey, he also whistled the first leg of the 18-19 match against Girona, which ended with a 1-1 draw at Montilivi.
The most controversial expulsion experienced by the rojiblancos with Hernández Hernández was that of Morata in Son Moix. The forward argued with Xisco Campos first and saw the first yellow. Then, he faced Salva Sevilla and the referee considered it enough to send the now Juventus tip to the shower ahead of time.
The forward's complaint that caused the expulsion was due to a throw with Campos himself who, preventing him from reaching the goal, fought for the ball but entering from behind and near the heel. That nuance of the rule had caused expulsions before and the forward considered sufficient contact for Campos to see the red. Anger led him to face various rivals. That red, precisely, took him away from the derby.
A review of his career
The referee arrived at Second B with only 22 years. At 25, he went up to Second and from the age of 30 he has arbitrated in the First Division, being considered the best Spanish referee at 14-15 when he received the Guruceta Trophy. From that season he began to whistle games both in the Champions League and in the Europa League. This campaign, at the moment, has not appeared in Europe on the green.