makeshift referee in the stands and the game is suspended because the lines are not visible | Relief

Eight more top-flight matches were played on Spanish soil this Champions Wednesday. Yes, we are talking about the 1/8 finals of the Fed Cup, coffee for coffee producers, a trophy that recognizes the best in the country of all those who did not qualify for the Copa del Rey. While the title may be symbolic, it is a nice treat for the humble and, above all, provides four tickets to the highly anticipated knockout tournament for its four semi-finalists. It is therefore vital that we continue to push forward as this opens a key window to welcome a First Division side to their own stadium.

But no matter how important they are, humble football is still humble football. And, therefore, it has its own eccentricities and those things that can only happen in the humblest fields of our country. This Fed Cup round of 16 saw several unusual incidents that sparked all sorts of comments on social media. One of them was the suspension of the match due to the fact that the lines were not visible, and the other… the referee’s whistle from the stands!

The first happened in Loyalty to Villaviciosa-Compostela. A severe storm in Asturias made their field almost impassable, full of puddles and rain, making the match extremely difficult to play properly. However, both teams, together with the referee, considered that the playing field was worthy of a fight… also because of the enormous consequences that its suspension could entail.

It took Compostela four hours by bus to get to the opponent’s field.to which must be added the cost of the vehicle and the enormous difficulties involved in making another such trip in the coming days. In addition, the quarter-finals will be played next week, and this remains unchanged since the draw for the first round of the Copa del Rey will take place on Thursday. To do this, you need to know the four semi-finalists of the Fed Cup, and then the difference will not be enough, since the “senior” trophy is already being contested.

In the end, the match was abandoned not so much because of the condition of the grass, but because the referees felt that the field lines were not visible enough. Indeed, they were in a precarious state. According to local media reports, Compostela offered the opportunity to spend the night in Asturias and continue the meeting this Thursday.. Of course, the lesser evil is to avoid economic exhaustion and a structural problem in the proper development of the tournament.

Judge… in the stands

Lugo’s match with Sestao River also had its own. In the first half, the main referee was injured. There are no problems in the elite: a fourth judge has been appointed and the decision is not particularly difficult. But in this Fed Cup there is no fourth referee on the side.so that only two scythes remained standing, making it impossible for the match to continue.

In these cases, the protocol provides for the possibility of asking via loudspeaker whether the judge is in the room. in which case he will put on shorts and the game will continue as normal. No matter how strange it may be, this does not mean that it is not legal, the regulations have been observed at all times, always trusting the neutrality of the judges. This is an emergency solution.

Indeed, there was one man present in Anxo Carro who carried on the rest of the match without much influence: Jesus Lopez, the regular main player of the Second Federation.. In fact, on social media they are lamenting the possible non-award of a penalty to Sestao River in a game that occurred before this particular change.