“By Friday they are whistling more and more often” | Relief

Mateu Lahoz was the most media referee, the one who appeared in all the photographs and went to the big games. Position in Spanish football currently likely to be occupied by Jesus Gil Manzano. The former Valencia referee is now a commentator, and in “Tiempo de Juego” on Cadena Cope he spoke in detail about the refereeing of his “successor” in Valencia. And that didn’t leave him in a good place.

“I think we have too much ego in these situations.“There is a big desire to whistle on Fridays,” Mateu explained into Cope’s microphones. There is an explanation for Fridays, this is the day when the CTA evaluates the judges. “That’s what worries you, I’m not going to tell you to cheat, I think the judges are whistling more and more and more before Friday than before football, they try to follow some rules, and this causes concern.

The criticism of his former teammate was harsh, albeit in a calm tone. “In this case, he has been there for eleven years, it looks like he will be our representative at the Euro, which Since 2016, he has even been a member of the delegate commission of the Spanish Football Federation.As you can imagine, the issues that are discussed there are a matter of understanding football, it is a systematic error,” commented the Valencian.

As for the decision itself, he notes that there is no point in giving a warning before the corner has been taken. “The regulations only allow for interpretation of the last penalty kick game.”and not around the corners,” that is, the first mistake in the chain of misunderstandings at the end of the game was precisely the announcement that he was going to whistle when there was no need for it.

System problem

But not the only one, Mateu also believes there was poor judgment in the decision to add minutes. “It’s wrong if we compare time of the first part with five minutes added time and in the second seven they were discounted when Diakhaby happened, we survived a game in which they threw lines at 2-2. Only when they approach the monitor does more than two minutes pass or a penalty decision by Hugo Duro,” concluded the former referee, who retired from professional refereeing this year.

“Jesus He warned in vain that this corner was the last game.when I didn’t need it. If he had not done this, nothing would have happened,” he said at another point in the conversation, although at another he also stated that Gil Manzano was not personally to blame, but rather it was something higher.

His criticism of Gil Manzano also extends to the entire arbitration system. “His experience, his background is troubling, he had a great Copa America, the entire football world has fallen victim to a senseless protocol, a way of managing a group of referees that is disastrous due to the lack of empathy and humility.” If we continue like this we will do a lot of damage to football. and therefore into the football industry. It doesn’t matter if they go today to test the semi-automatic in Vanda, we will speak the same language,” concluded Mateu.